Req #72224 [NEW]: Optimize reflection initialization

From: dmri87 at hotmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: 7.0.7RC1 Package: Reflection related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Optimize reflection initialization Description: ------------ PHP should improve the creation of Reflection objects. Almost literally any library or framework using Reflection non trivially I've encountered implements its own Reflection objects caching mechanism. That because creating such objects is incredibly expensive and it's way more expensive than caching them all, even if thousands of them. I had to do the same to keep performance acceptable. PHP should do this internally if possible, or try to optimize something, because again, the amount of times I've seen this is incredible and it's a clear sign the creation of such object is just too slow. Just to be clear (sorry if I sound harsh but I actually just want to be clear) Reflection object's creation performance is a problem even for those that are using it trivially. I don't think it's acceptable if the creation of few dozens of these objects turns out to be an important bottleneck for applications that would otherwise be extremely fast. Thank you for reading and double thank you if you intend to work on this. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72224&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72224&r=mysqlcfg