From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-21T18:08:52+09:00
Subject: Re: String#to_class?

From: "Tim Bates" <tim@bates.id.au>
>
> I end up with a string ($1 == "Foo") which I want to be an instance of Class
> (== Foo). How can I convert a String to a Class? Will I have to use
> ObjectSpace to find a Class whose Class#name == "Foo"?
>
> Tim Bates


Are you ready, Tim?  This could hardly be easier.  Are you sitting down?

  klass = eval $1

:)

Cheers,
Gavin