Dice calls name() method on ReflectionClass instance

[jakubmikita]

Hi,

I'm trying to understand something. Here: https://github.com/Level-2/Dice/blob/master/Dice.php#L97 you are calling the name() method on ReflectionClass instance passing the list of callable arguments.

Please, could you give me a hint how is that possible? ReflectionClass doesn't have the name() method. Or is this part not used anymore and overlooked?

[maxwilms]

Hello!

Yes, this code is still in use. For example BasicTest::testObjectGraphCreation() fails if you comment this line out.

Nevertheless it really looks confusing! But return new $class->name(...$params($args, $share)); does not call a method on the reflection class. Instead it gets the property name on the ReflectionClass and then calls the constructor on that class name.

This would be a more obvious version of this line:

$className = $class->name;
return new $className(...$params($args, $share));

Hope this helps.

[jakubmikita]

Wow, that's really optimized! Thanks for the answer @maxwilms, I can see what's going on now.

[garrettw]

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