From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-08-15T05:14:59+09:00
Subject: Re: creating classes on the fly

Claus Spitzer wrote:
> Great! Thanks for the quick response. Just another quick one on that context:
> 
> Now that I have the class definition and can extend it easily, I'm
> wondering how I would do
> 
> qux = Klass.new
> 
> using str1 or klass. I could do 
> 
> eval "qux = #{str}.new"
> 
> and that would be fine, but it somehow seems forced. Any hints? 
> 

Hmm. If I understand the question, the following should work:

   klass = eval( str )
   qux = klass.new

- Jamis

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