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 ?? ??? 2016, PHP 7.1.0beta1
 
+- Core:
+  . Fixed bug #72508 (strange references after recursive function call and
+    "switch" statement). (Laruence)
+
 - CURL:
   . Add curl_multi_errno(), curl_share_errno() and curl_share_strerror()
 	functions. (Pierrick)