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in thread create an object where type is a variable

"Works", presuming for any value of $x, the corresponding class understands an empty new call to mean "return a reasonable object of type $x". Have to say this since there's absolutely nothing special about calling new: it's just a method call.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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Re^3: create an object where type is a variable
by true_atlantis (Acolyte) on Sep 11, 2007 at 15:44 UTC
    Ahh... my problem was that i was trying to do something like this: 
    use test::object;
my $x='object';
my $y=test::$x->new();

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    That didnt work, and i just realized it was because you have to concat the 'test::' and $x... just in case anyone is running into the same issue, it would look like this: 
    use test::object;
my $x='object';
my $y=test::.$x->new();

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    Thank you everyone.
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      my $y=test::.$x->new();
      No, that's *definitely* not what you want. More like: 
      my $y = "test::$x"->new;

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      Oh, and don't use lowercase class names. Uppercase please.

      -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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