}
/**
- * extends the value of data with name $name with the value $value
- * @since 1.25
- * @param string $name
- * @param mixed $value
- */
+ * extends the value of data with name $name with the value $value
+ * @since 1.25
+ * @param string $name
+ * @param mixed $value
+ */
public function extend( $name, $value ) {
if ( $this->haveData( $name ) ) {
$this->data[$name] = $this->data[$name] . $value;
}
/**
+ * @deprecated since 1.31 This function is a now-redundant optimisation intended
+ * for very old versions of PHP. The use of references here makes the code
+ * more fragile and is incompatible with plans like T140664. Use set() instead.
* @param string $name
- * @param mixed $value
+ * @param mixed &$value
*/
public function setRef( $name, &$value ) {
+ wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.31' );
$this->data[$name] =& $value;
}
/**
- * @param MediaWikiI18N $t
+ * @param MediaWikiI18N &$t
*/
public function setTranslator( &$t ) {
$this->translator = &$t;