From: Robert Klemme Date: 2010-08-28T01:15:23+09:00 Subject: Re: Avoiding eval Please do not top post. On 27.08.2010 17:48, Andrew Wagner wrote: > Well, sure. That's a good point. But now you're taking 3 times as long as > eval, instead of 1/5 the time, according to my tests. Is it a performance issue? If not, why bother now? The version with eval is much less secure plus eval might not work under all circumstances with your string (see $SAFE). Cheers robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/