From: "Matthias Wächter" <matthias@...>
Date: 2011-09-09T17:43:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Executing the output of a loop

On 09.09.2011 05:32, Marc Heiler wrote:
>> This is almost certainly the wrong design, as local variables
>> aren't really supposed to be used in this way.
>
> It does not matter how they are "supposed" to be used.
>
> Ruby does not impose it on him.
>
> eval() is a perfectly legit way to solve the problem description he has
> given.
>
> There is no "evil user input" at all.
>
> eval() works and can be used without thinking that it is the wrong
> choice for the given problem.

It would be better to move from t1, t2, … t12 to an array t[1..12] (or t[0..11]) and then use each on that. While legit, eval shows a bad design 
underneath that should be fixed instead.

– Matthias