[ruby-core:47014] [ruby-trunk - Bug #6838] class_eval and instance_eval do not scope class names the same as direct code

Issue #6838 has been updated by cpoirier (Chris Poirier).


On more thought, I can understand that Ruby views class names the same way it does variables, and so pulls them from the binding. It just doesn't feel like it's the right behaviour, in this context.
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Bug #6838: class_eval and instance_eval do not scope class names the same as direct code
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6838#change-28670

Author: cpoirier (Chris Poirier)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [x86_64-darwin11] 


class X
   def self.f()
      puts "::X"
   end
end


class Y
   class X
      def self.f()
         puts "Y::X"
      end
   end
   
   def self.c()
      X.f()
   end
end


Y.class_eval do
   def self.k()
      X.f()
   end
end


Y.c
Y.class_eval { X.f() }
Y.k


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Y.c outputs "Y::X"
Y.class_eval { X.f() } outputs "::X"
Y.k also outputs "::X"

Similar behaviour happens with instance_eval:

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class X
   def f()
      puts "::X"
   end
end


class Y
   class X
      def f()
         puts "Y::X"
      end
   end
   
   def c()
      X.new.f()
   end
end


Y.new.c
Y.new.instance_eval { X.new.f() }

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My expectation is that class_eval and instance_eval should map class names the same as code written directly in the class, as they do with function names.


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