On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Aaron Piotrowski <aa...@trowski.com> wrote: > Hi Levi, > > On Jul 9, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Levi Morrison <le...@php.net> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Aaron Piotrowski <aa...@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
This has been quiet for a few days. I am assuming this means there are no objections. I will work on updating the RFC and revisit this as soon as I can. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
