From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2005-12-31T22:31:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Method for turning strings into code

Erik Veenstra <pan@erikveen.dds.nl> writes:

>> > What is the Ruby technique for turning strings into
>> > executable code?
>>
>> Via one of the various forms of eval.
>
> Uh, well, that's not the right answer. Eval evaluates
> (=executes) a string. It doesn't turn a string into executable
> code (=compile).

Wrap it in a lambda, then.

> gegroet,
> Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/
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