Possible regression with spreading nested arrays into a function call and references

Description

I've noticed the following possible regression:

$args = [1];
$ref = [&$args];
function test(&$v) {
	$v = 7;
};
test(...$ref[0]);
var_dump($args[0]);

Starting with PHP 7.3, the output of the above code has changed:

$ docker run --rm php:7.2.34 -r "$args = [1]; $ref = [&$args]; function test(&$v) { $v = 7; }; test(...$ref[0]); var_dump($args[0]);"
int(7)

$ docker run --rm php:7.3    -r "$args = [1]; $ref = [&$args]; function test(&$v) { $v = 7; }; test(...$ref[0]); var_dump($args[0]);"
int(1)

$ docker run --rm php:8.3.7  -r "$args = [1]; $ref = [&$args]; function test(&$v) { $v = 7; }; test(...$ref[0]); var_dump($args[0]);"
int(1)

The only entry I've found within PHP 7.3's release notes that might be related is References returned by Array and Property Accesses are immediately unwrapped. But I'm not sure whether this does actually describe the behavior change in the code snippet above.

I'm also not really sure whether the code is valid or not. In case it is not, it might be helpful to display a message.

There exists a workaround to get the old result by introducing another variable:

$temp = &$ref[0];
test(...$temp);

PHP Version

PHP 7.3.0 - PHP 8.3.7

Operating System

No response

Commencez par reproduire l’exemple de dépliage de tableaux imbriqués et de références avec PHP 7.2, 7.3 et 8.3, puis comparez-le avec la note de migration de PHP 7.3 sur la suppression des références. Déterminez si le résultat modifié est valide ; le travail est terminé lorsque la sémantique attendue est documentée et qu’une correction ou un diagnostic est ajouté si le comportement est erroné.