From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2002-07-04T03:40:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Class.forName("Array")

Sylvia Chai wrote:
> Is it possible to create an object of the class
> 'Class' dynamically?
> 
> Fox example: to create an object of 'Class' with the
> value of 'Hash' by something like: Class.new('Hash')
> or Class.forName('Hash')

How about Class.new(Hash)? This creates an anonymous subclass of Hash.

If you assign to a constant, like this:

   MyHash = Class.new(Hash)

then the subclass will be associated with the name 'MyHash':

   p MyHash.new.class ==> MyHash