do_action & arguments

[dasher]

do_action doesn't accept arguments by ref and the newly created args array isn't returned - which makes it hard for hooks to modify arguments or change passed arguments.

It'd be useful if something like the following was possible:

$args = array('varA'=>$varA);
do_action('some-action', &$args);
$varA = $argsvarA;

[ryan]

To do call time pass by reference you have to use the array trick.

Example:

do_action('generate_rewrite_rules', array(&$this));

[skippy]

so is this still an issue?

[markjaquith]

Don't think this is still an issue. Closing. Please reopen if needed.