The intersection type class-string<SomeClass>&literal-string does not create an instance of SomeClass when used with new. Code:

<?php declare(strict_types = 1);

class HelloWorld
{
	/** @return class-string<self>&literal-string */
	public static function getClass(): string {
		return self::class;
	}
	
	public function build(): self {
		$class = self::getClass();
		return new $class();
	}
}

https://phpstan.org/r/3da883ab-d288-4ca1-9bea-163046e130e4

12	Method HelloWorld::build() should return HelloWorld but returns object.

I wouldn't normally use such a type, but it seems I will have to, to make Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder::from() happy, since it now insists on a literal-string.

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