>>>>> "Rafiq" == Rafiq Ismail (ADMIN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rafiq> Is there a neat way of dynamically loading in the appropriate control
Rafiq> subclass? Something proven and widely used.
Load the file with a require, and then just call the appropriate
constructor using an indirect call:
require "My/Prefix/$type"; # presuming $type has no colons
$myClass = "My::Prefix::$type";
my $handler = $myClass->new(@parms);
This works even in "use strict".
Also, "eval use" is pointless. Just use "require", after first
changing the colons to slashes, as shown above. If tainting is on,
$type will have to be taint-clean.
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