On Dec 3, 4:15 am, lazy1 <miki.teb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > What is the right way to do this?
As people have mentioned, new is a special form which evaluates it's arguments at compile time and cannot be used with a dynamic class name. Fortunately you can use the reflection API and create instance of your class using the newInstance method. (defn new-container [type] (.newInstance (*containers* type))) - sean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en