DLabel: "type of shapes" -->
<dd>
For <a href="#label-9">ShapeFile::new</a>
and <a href="#label-32">Shape::new</a>,
acceptable values for <var>shapetype</var> are:
<ul>
<li>Class object like ShapeLib::Point (listed in <a href="#label-30">structure of subclasses</a>)</li>
<li>String such as <code>"Point"</code> or <code>"PolygonZ"</code>
    (the same list, but do not include "ShapeLib::")</li>
<li>Symbol such as <code>:Point</code> or <code>:PolygonZ</code>
    (result of <a href="#label-25">shapefile.shape