From: Nasir Khan <rubylearner@...>
Date: 2007-02-11T06:30:40+09:00
Subject: Idiom for dynamic loading of an unknown class from a known file

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I need to load a class at runtime, whose name I do not know in advance, but
all I know is a file name.
Say "a.rb" which is


class A
  ......
end

So I want to do something like  (pseudo code)
 - load a.rb  (this will create the class object for A)
 - Somehow access constant "A" and invoke "A.new"

I can think of a few hacks but none of them are elegant.
Is there an idiom for it?


TIA

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