Andi Gutmans wrote:
> Exceptions should be thrown for errors.
And trying to get a method that does not exist is an error.
> Can anyone shed some light on this? Why was this changed?
To make consistent use of ReflectionException, IIRC.
For instance, the following code
<?php
$method = new ReflectionMethod(
'NotExistingClass',
'notExistingMethod'
);
?>
throws an ReflectionException as well. Now one could argue that there
is no other way to signal an error in the __construct() than to use
methods, but I think it is better to use the same error signalling in
bith ReflectionClass::getMethod() and ReflectionMethod::__construct().
And besides, it is what Java does [1], so we cannot be that far off :-)
Seasons's Greetings,
Sebastian
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