From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-07-04T04:00:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Class.forName("Array")

Hi,

At Thu, 4 Jul 2002 03:31:22 +0900,
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')

  eval('Hash').new

Or

  Object.const_get('Hash').new

> Isn't it very useful?

Probably.  But Class.new creates anonymous subclass for the
argument, and forName doesn't look so good.

-- 
Nobu Nakada