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Now, as far as I can see, this method isn't really an example of reflection but it is rather a language feature that allows you to reference a symbol indirectly via a variable. As such it is very similar to taking the approach in Javascript (for example) of using indexing on the global object rather than direct references, e.g. translating
* It doesn't allow introspection, only indirection.
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* Given a class name, you can't get a list of its methods (other than by instantiating it, and examining the resulting object to find out its properties, which you would need to do using an *actual* reflection API, rather than this technique).
I'm therefore not convinced that this example belongs here. It's an interesting hack, and a useful, simple way of creating dynamic behaviour, but due to lacking facilities for introspection, I'm not convinced it's an example of
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