Add in the README the meaning about instantiator HOT 7 CLOSED

For example https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/process.html

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This library provides a way of avoiding usage of constructors when instantiating PHP classes.

That's really all there is to it.

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I agree with @Ocramius here, the readme explains what the library does. If you're not sure what benefits this library will bring you, you don't need to use it: there are only a handful of use-cases where you want to instantiate objects without using the constructor.

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use-cases where you want to instantiate objects without using the constructor

@alcaeus for example?

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@higimo one of the use cases is what ORM/ODM does: Instantiating an empty object (which normally would not be possible due to required ctor arguments) to populate its properties through reflection. Effectively this allows the end-user to still use __construct and not be limited by a library.

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@alcaeus why can't write this in the README?

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Mostly because this is very hacky behaviour that shouldn't be endorsed for a larger audience: authors of code that need this know the requirement very well, and also how to search for this library.

Examples include mocking objects, proxying libraries, ORMs, serialisers: all very advanced pieces of code.

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