Re: ReflectionClass::newInstanceWithoutConstructor()

Hi, On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:46, Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@php.net> wrote: >  I have attached a patch to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55490Ê L > „Ö¢àžP³³¶ that >  implements ReflectionClass::newInstanceWithoutConstructor() to create an >  object a class without invoking the constructor. To me this feature makes no sense. But if people find use for it and it remains in Reflection, I won't object to it, so +0. > >  As there are certain internal classes that would "crash" when their >  constructor is not invoked, this new method of the Reflection API only >  works for userland-defined classes. I don't believe there should be this artificial distinction. Internal classes should behave like userland ones in every aspect, let's not put additional barriers. If an internal class can't behave well without a constructor call, that should already be fixed/prevented, as it's already possible by extending it. > >  Unless there are objections, I will commit this change to PHP_5_4 and >  trunk on Monday. I will add the method to the documentation as well, of >  course. > > -- > Sebastian Bergmann                    Co-Founder and Principal Consultant > http://sebastian-bergmann.de/                       >     http://thePHP.cc/ > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Etienne Kneuss http://www.colder.ch