make a class instance from a string ?

[Luke Plant]

Bo Yang wrote:

> I know in java , we can use
>
> class.ForName("classname")
>
>
> to get an instance of the class 'classname' from a
> string , in python , how do I do that ?

In Python, classes are first class objects, so normally you would pass
the class itself around, rather than use the names of classes.  Of
course that might not be practical or applicable in your situation.

Luke