From: Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>
Date: 2001-11-23T01:27:22+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26155] Re: Passing class names to constructors.

On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Kent Dahl wrote:

> >         (10*rand()).times do {
>
> 		something = Module.const_get( knotclass )
> 		mess.push( something.new() )
>
> >         }
> > end

Ah, yes, I think that is more what I want.  Thank you.
> >
> > so how do I turn the symbol into the class, so I can do things with it?
> > I don't like the obvious way: Deliver Us From Eval!  :-)
>
>
> 	Module.const_get( aSymbol ) # is much nicer that eval
>
> --
> <[ Kent Dahl ]>================<[ http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~kentda/ ]>

	Thank you.
	Hugh