[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11593: Package Text_Diff contains &new

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#11593: Package Text_Diff contains &new
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 Reporter:  hakre         |       Owner:     
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.0
Component:  General       |     Version:  2.9
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:     
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Comment(by westi):

 I believe all of the instances of &new we have in WordPress as for PHP4
 backwards compatibility reasons.

 From: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.references.whatdo.php

 ... The same syntax can be used with functions that return references, and
 with the new operator (since PHP 4.0.4 and before PHP 5.0.0) ... Since PHP
 5, new  returns a reference automatically, so using =& in this context is
 deprecated and produces an E_STRICT message.

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