Re: [plt-scheme] eval question

[Morgan McGuire <morgan3d@yahoo.com>]

--- Bruce Butterfield <bab@entricom.com> wrote:
> why it is 
> considered evil (or at least bad form) to use eval outside of a top 
> level REPL? 

I think it is fine as long as you execute the quoted code in a fresh
environment.  If you execute it in the same environment your program is
operating in, you can be in for some nasty surprises as it grabs your
local variables.

-m


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Morgan McGuire  
morgan3d@yahoo.com


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