Re: Should there be a `get_declared_enums()` function ?

On 15-8-2024 3:51, Juliette Reinders Folmer wrote:

L.S., I just noticed the following, which struck me as weird/inconsistent: There are four different OO structures in PHP: 1. Classes 2. Interfaces 3. Traits 4. Enums For all four, an *_exists() function is available, i.e. class_exists(), interface_exists(), trait_exists() and enum_exists() [2]. But only for three out of the four, a get_declared_*() function exists. There is get_declared_classes(), get_declared_interfaces(), get_declared_traits(), but no get_declared_enums() [2]. I'm aware that enums are internally considered classes and that get_declared_classes() will retrieve them [1], but the same could be said about interfaces and traits, yet they do have their own get_declared_*() function. Should a get_declared_enums() function be added ? And should the get_declared_classes() function be adjusted to exclude enums ? I did check the enum RFC [3], but I couldn't find any mention or discussion about this in the RFC. Smile, Juliette 1: https://3v4l.org/0ub6I 2: https://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.classobj.php 3: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/enumerations

Not responding to anyone in particular, but just letting you all know that Ayesh and me will work up an RFC for this. I will email the list when we've published it to open the official discussion period. Smile, Juliette