Update doc about lazy objects

Author: nicolas-grekas

components/var_exporter.rst

@@ -177,8 +177,34 @@ populated by using the special ``"\0"`` property name to define their internal v
         "\0" => [$inputArray],
     ]);
 
-Creating Lazy Objects
----------------------
+Creating Lazy Objects on PHP ≥ 8.4
+----------------------------------
+
+Since version 8.4, PHP provides support for lazy objects via the reflection API.
+This native API works with concrete classes. It doesn't with abstracts nor with
+internal ones.
+
+This components provides helpers to generate lazy objects using the decorator
+pattern, which works with abstract or internal classes and with interfaces::
+
+    $proxyCode = ProxyHelper::generateLazyProxy(new \ReflectionClass(SomeInterface::class));
+    // $proxyCode should be dumped into a file in production envs
+    eval('class ProxyDecorator'.$proxyCode);
+
+    $proxy = ProxyDecorator::createLazyProxy(initializer: function (): SomeInterface {
+        // [...] Use whatever heavy logic you need here
+        // to compute the $dependencies of the proxied class
+        $instance = new SomeHeavyClass(...$dependencies);
+        // [...] Call setters, etc. if needed
+
+        return $instance;
+    });
+
+Use this mechanism only when native lazy objects cannot be leveraged
+(or you'll get a deprecation notice.)
+
+Creating Lazy Objects on PHP < 8.3
+----------------------------------
 
 Lazy-objects are objects instantiated empty and populated on-demand. This is
 particularly useful when you have for example properties in your classes that
@@ -193,6 +219,12 @@ you implement such mechanism easily in your classes.
 LazyGhostTrait
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+.. deprecated:: 7.3
+
+   ``LazyGhostTrait`` is deprecated since Symfony 7.3; use PHP 8.4's native lazy
+   objects instead (note that using the trait with PHP < 8.4 triggers no deprecation
+   to help with the transition.)
+
 Ghost objects are empty objects, which see their properties populated the first
 time any method is called. Thanks to :class:`Symfony\\Component\\VarExporter\\LazyGhostTrait`,
 the implementation of the lazy mechanism is eased. The ``MyLazyObject::populateHash()``
@@ -273,6 +305,12 @@ of :ref:`Virtual Proxies <var-exporter_virtual-proxies>`.
 LazyProxyTrait
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+.. deprecated:: 7.3
+
+   ``LazyProxyTrait`` is deprecated since Symfony 7.3; use PHP 8.4's native lazy
+   objects instead (note that using the trait with PHP < 8.4 triggers no deprecation
+   to help with the transition.)
+
 The purpose of virtual proxies in the same one as
 :ref:`ghost objects <var-exporter_ghost-objects>`, but their internal behavior is
 totally different. Where ghost objects requires to extend a base class, virtual

service_container/lazy_services.rst

@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ until you interact with the proxy in some way.
     Lazy services do not support `final`_ or ``readonly`` classes, but you can use
     `Interface Proxifying`_ to work around this limitation.
 
-    In PHP versions prior to 8.0 lazy services do not support parameters with
-    default values for built-in PHP classes (e.g. ``PDO``).
-
 .. _lazy-services_configuration:
 
 Configuration
@@ -78,11 +75,6 @@ same signature of the class representing the service should be injected. A lazy
 itself when being accessed for the first time). The same happens when calling
 ``Container::get()`` directly.
 
-To check if your lazy service works you can check the interface of the received object::
-
-    dump(class_implements($service));
-    // the output should include "Symfony\Component\VarExporter\LazyObjectInterface"
-
 You can also configure your service's laziness thanks to the
 :class:`Symfony\\Component\\DependencyInjection\\Attribute\\Autoconfigure` attribute.
 For example, to define your service as lazy use the following::