[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12367: Fixes for deprecated assignment of new objects by reference

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#12367: Fixes for deprecated assignment of new objects by reference
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 Reporter:  technosailor      |       Owner:  westi
     Type:  defect (bug)      |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Warnings/Notices  |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch         |
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Comment (by mrtorrent):

 Wordpress already uses Simplepie 1.2. How do these fixes make things
 harder to maintain?

 From my point of view, deprecated PHP4 code like this makes it harder to
 maintain modern code because it interferes with tests and obviously may
 break future versions of PHP.

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