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Ruby 1.9.2-rc1: instance_eval can't handle a lambda (needs a proc)
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'
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marick commented Jan 8, 2012

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

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sunaku commented Jan 9, 2012

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

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