First Steps: Dynamic class instantiation

[Benji Smith]

Kirk McDonald wrote:
> This can't really be done in D, which is statically typed. Languages 
> like PHP are dynamically typed. You'll have to do some re-thinking of 
> your design, I think.

Well, Java is statically typed, and it can do what the OP requested.

It's not really a question of dynamic/static typing. It's more a 
question of whether runtime reflection is supported. And right now, D's 
runtime reflection capabilities aren't as complete as Java's.

Personally, I'm not crazy about reflection-heavy code, since I think it 
provides a sneaky mechanism for subverting the compile-time 
type-checking system. Debugging Java code that makes heavy use of 
reflection is not a pleasant experience (since all of your exceptions 
get swallowed up in the reflection API, as InvocationTargetExceptions).

--benji