Re: [PHP-DEV] ReflectionClass::getMethod()

[Sebastian Bergmann]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Why not just returning null when a method does not exist?
> Actually CALLING a non-existing method should be treated as an error...

 Because

   try {
       $class  = new ReflectionClass($this);
       $method = $class->getMethod($this->name);
   }

   catch (ReflectionException $e) {
       $this->fail($e->getMessage());
   }

 is clearer than

   try {
       $class  = new ReflectionClass($this);
   }

   catch (ReflectionException $e) {
       $this->fail($e->getMessage());
   }

   $method = $class->getMethod($this->name);

   if ($method !== NULL) {
       // ...
   } else {
       // ...
   }

 I fail to see why exceptions wee introduced when they are not to be
 consistently used in functionality that was added at the same time, like
 for instance the Reflection API.

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