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Doc Bug #68564 Apparent inconsistency in the GC page
Submitted: 2014-12-08 02:38 UTC Modified: 2021-09-23 16:34 UTC
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From: dominic_mayers at yahoo dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
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 [2014-12-08 02:38 UTC] dominic_mayers at yahoo dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/features.gc.refcounting-basics
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In the example 1, we have : Note that if "refcount" is 1, "is_ref" is always FALSE. What "always" means here is definitively not clear, because later in example 9 we have : 1 => (refcount=1, is_ref=1)=...

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 [2021-07-19 15:54 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2021-07-19 15:54 UTC] cmb@php.net 
> Note that if "refcount" is 1, "is_ref" is always FALSE.

Indeed, this is not correct.  What the documentation likely wants
to express is that references with refcount 1 are treated as if
they're were no references.
 [2021-09-23 16:34 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Summary: Apparent inconsistency in the page. +Summary: Apparent inconsistency in the GC page -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-09-23 16:40 UTC] git@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of cmb69
Revision: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/39cd8c54e8159361d33f33837c904bf6cfb6c055
Log: Fix #68564: Apparent inconsistency in the GC page
 [2021-09-23 16:40 UTC] git@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 
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