PDO is already a mess, and adding method that appear/disappear dynamically
whether you enable an extension or not... is a horror show.
From my PoV, since we (doctrine) have to abstract away from it all the
time, we'd rather have it as tidy and well-thought-out as possible,
especially since there already is so much damage done.
Yes I agree, but it's not the point, this behaviour already exists, I'm not introducing anything new here.
Couldn't care less about exposed/unexposed features if the endpoints are on
the wrong object, or cause even more weirdness to work with. It is not
helpful: it's just more tech debt dumped on millions of consumers.
I care because I need those features in my projects, and I'm not the only one.
But if those late-loading methods don't suit you, what do you propose instead?