PHP Sort Function Backward Compatibility

What about don't passing by reference the array in the internal `\sort()` functions, @official_php? What about all the code written over the past 20 years which requires that behavior?

A Twitter exchange jokes about changing PHP’s internal sort functions after decades of code have come to depend on their existing pass-by-reference behavior. The punchline is that backward compatibility makes even an arguably awkward design impossible to change. EN: A Twitter exchange jokes about changing PHP’s internal sort functions after decades of code have come to depend on their existing pass-by-reference behavior. The punchline is that backward compatibility makes even an arguably awkward design impossible to change.

• @profunctor_io / 2808 2019-08-10