How to instatiate a class of which the name is only known atruntime?

[Erik Max Francis]

Max M wrote:

> Is there any reason not to use a standard factory pattern for this? It
> is the normal approach.

Because introspection means you don't have to keep a separate list of
all possible values updated.

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