Re: [PHP-DEV] "waldschrotts guide to nifty references" - manual page draft, version 0.9b From: André Langhorst (waldschrott <email protected>)
Date: 08/19/00

> AL>> reference for technical details IMHO, a manual should contain as much
> AL>> useful information as possible
>
> No. We could put there description of Zend API, details of Zend memory
> manager, API of zend hashes and 1001 things - but they *do not belong
> there*. It's a PHP manual, and this has nothing to do with PHP as a
> language. There are 1000 other places (books, Zend.com, php.net,
> phpwizard.com) where PHP articles and details are due. Manual is not only
> place to put PHP/Zend material, and it should be kept clean. Not as much
> information as possible, but exaclty as much information as needed for a
> reference guide (as opposed to a tutorial, programmer's guide and user's
> guide).

You´re right, instead of that you´re wrong in the point that
reference-counting does not affect the PHP programmers behaviour.
For example PHP devs would feel more free using copys of variables if they understood
that it doesn´t hurt them very much behind the scenes.

This script does not copy the object 3 times, it just increases ref-count by 3.

$copy1=$mega_mature_object;
$copy2=$mega_mature_object;
$copy3=$mega_mature_object;

But the user would expect that it copies and copying takes time and memory usually.

Perhaps it only affects <1% of the devs, but it´s a relevant issue while the zend api
is not (for the manual). 

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