From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-11-23T00:47:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26144] Re: Passing class names to constructors.

Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

> class TangledRope
>     def initialize(knotclass = :Knot)
>         mess = Array.new()
>         (10*rand()).times do {
>             mess.push(knotclass.something.new())

If instead of passing in the symbol, you passed the class itself, you
could just do:

   mess << Class.new(knotclass)

Does the symbol buy you anything here?


Dave