From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2007-11-26T15:20:01+09:00
Subject: Re: module_eval is an instance method?

> Ok, how do you explain this output:
>
> def meth1
>   Object.module_eval('num')
> end
>
> num = 10
> Object.module_eval('num')
> -->10
>
> meth1
> -->
> `module_eval': undefined local variable or method `num' for Object:Class
> (NameError)

num is not in the scope of meth1 or of the Object class so resolution
fails. If you use a global variable it works fine.

$num = 10
def meth1
  Object.module_eval('$num')
end

Regards,
Jordan