Re: [RFC][Vote] ReflectionType Improvements

Hi Levi, > On Jul 9, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Levi Morrison <levim@php.net> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Aaron Piotrowski <aaron@trowski.com > <mailto:aaron@trowski.com>> wrote: >> >> >> Additionally, I propose adding a getName() method to ReflectionType that returns only the >> name of the type, regardless of nullability. Casting should not be required to get information from >> an object, but currently this is the only way to get the type name from ReflectionType. Most other >> reflection classes include a getName() method, this seems to have been an oversight. > > This wasn't an oversight. If we add union or intersection types then > not all types are named (for instance `ArrayAccess & Countable & > Traversable` is not a named type). This is why it doesn't exist on the > base ReflectionType. Good point, then I agree getName() should be in an extending class as in the RFC. > > I have surveyed some of the people who have voted no. Their reasons > vary but based on these conversations it seems to me that by dropping > ReflectionClassType and the associated autoloading mechanism that > overall we'd be happier. I do agree with Aaron that at least *some* > changes really need to go into 7.1. How do people feel about my > proposal to just drop autoloading and ReflectionClassType? This sounds reasonable to me. Aaron Piotrowski