- We will go with PHP 4 behavior. With the new object model assigning by

  reference has lost a lot of its importance.

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diff --git a/Zend/ZEND_CHANGES b/Zend/ZEND_CHANGES
index b6e996e0b9..579a787a04 100644
--- a/Zend/ZEND_CHANGES
+++ b/Zend/ZEND_CHANGES
@@ -646,13 +646,6 @@ Changes in the Zend Engine 2.0
       }
       ?>
 
-    * Static function variables.
-
-      Statics are now treated at compile-time which allows developers
-      to assign variables to statics by reference. This change also
-      greatly improves their performance but means that indirect
-      references to statics will not work anymore.
-
     * Parameters that are passed by reference to a function
       may now have default values.