Bug #2161: Kernel.eval ignores binding in 1.9 http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2161 Author: Aaron Wieland Status: Open, Priority: Normal ruby -v: 1.9.1p243 (2009-07-16 revision 24175) [i386-darwin9.8.0] Kernel.eval no longer evaluates its string in the context of the binding passed to it. In an irb session in 1.8.6: irb(main):001:0> eval 'self' => main irb(main):002:0> obj = Object.new => #<Object:0x12aaf20> irb(main):003:0> eval 'self', obj.send(:binding) => #<Object:0x12aaf20> In 1.9.1 (also tested in the latest nightly build for 1.9.2): irb(main):001:0> obj = Object.new => #<Object:0x5210f8> irb(main):002:0> eval 'self', obj.send(:binding) => main I can't help but feel I'm missing something, because a bug of this magnitude should have been identified and fixed by now (it breaks a lot of code that uses ERb). ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org