16 Jan
2007
16 Jan
'07
8:22 p.m.
Doh! Sorry, didn't read carefully (or the whole thread).
Bert is right: Smalltalk classNamed: 'Object'
On 1/16/07, David Mitchell david.mitchell@gmail.com wrote:
The method Object>>#class does what you want. Since it is defined on Object you can send the message to any object, including a string.
returnSuperClass: aClassName |aSuperClass|
aSuperClass := (Smalltalk classNamed: aClassName) superclass.
^ aSuperClass.
And now the one liner: ^(Smalltalk classNamed: aClassName) superclass.