> I am aware that if users really want to create a reference to the locally
> defined "$this" variable they can hack around it. As you noted they won't
> be able to change the real object though, i.e. EG(This) but only the local
> $this symbol table entry. As far as I'm concerned, the behavior is
>
Hi Sara,
I am aware that if users really want to create a reference to the locally
defined "$this" variable they can hack around it. As you noted they won't
be able to change the real object though, i.e. EG(This) but only the local
$this symbol table entry. As far as I'm concerned, the behavior
Currently, re-assignment of $this is handled in compile time but that won't
stop anyone from creating a referenc of $this and changing its value. Of
course, any indirect changes to $this won't permanently change the object in
the way that changing $this in PHP4 would have since the value of this i