Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] ReflectionParameter::getClassName()

> On 1 Feb 2015, at 01:23, Dan Ackroyd <danack@basereality.com> wrote: > > On 31 January 2015 at 17:31, Philip Sturgeon <pjsturgeon@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Matteo Beccati <php@beccati.com> wrote: >>> >>> 2) There's a tiny bit of overlap with "scalar type hints", >> >> 2) There might be some overlap in the scalar type hint stuff kinda, >> but I'd like to think there isn't. getClassName() is just >> getClass()->name > > > I think Matteo's point is that if any scalar type RFC passes, a > type-hint for a parameter would not always be the name of a class, so > the method name 'getClassName()' would be misleading. > > It would be good to choose a better name to avoid that problem. We already have that problem (array, callable). I think the more important issue is the conflict with the ReflectionTypeAnnotation RFC, which proposes something similar to what was originally part of the Return Types RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/reflectionparameter.typehint Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/