Re[4]: [PHP] nested, referenced foreach & implicit current array pointer issues

Hello Martin,

Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 4:50:22 PM, you wrote:

There is nothing wrong with the global keyword, just use $GLOBAL
['arr'] instead to avoid the reference, or create a copy by
assignment.

Yep, already did, 10x for the suggestion. :)

Anyway, I couldn't find this change of behaviour in the foreach in
the changelog, but it seems it have been introduced around may
2005. Maybe is too late to complain, but, now that I know, I think
this behaviour doesn't seem right.

I'd rather see global being equal to $GLOBAL[] in combination with removal
of hidden current pointer from arrays. But I don't have much experience in
designing high-level languages nor did I give a lot of thought about it in the
global picture. :)

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