Ruby 1.9.2-rc1: instance_eval can't handle a lambda (needs a proc)

gistfile1.rb

class InstanceEval
  def initialize(code)
    @code = code
    @context = Object.new
  end

  def run
    code = @code
    result = @context.instance_eval(&code)
    "* run --> #{result.inspect}"
  end
end

p = proc { :p }
l = lambda { :l }

puts InstanceEval.new(p).run
puts InstanceEval.new(l).run



# The output in 1.8.7-p72 and in 1.9.1-p378:
# 
#   * run --> :p
#   * run --> :l
# 
# The output in 1.9.2-rc1:
# 
#   * run --> :p
#   code.rb:15:... wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) (ArgumentError)
#           from code.rb:10:in `instance_eval'

That makes more sense. So Ruby 1.9.1 had a bug where instance_eval() did not yield self, and that bug was corrected in Ruby 1.9.2. According to my 1st comment, Ruby 1.8.7 also yields self just like Ruby 1.9.2, so yes it was just an unnoticed (because block parameters are not enforced in procs & blocks) feature of instance_eval().

Why does instance_eval pass self as the first argument to its argument (given that self is already implicitly available)?

@marick, the reason is not known. Ruby 1.8.7 just does it (see example output above).