Hi, On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:46, Sebastian Bergmann <sebast...@php.net> wrote: > I have attached a patch to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55490 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 -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
