Scope of eval

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  • I have tried to eval some code inside a function and it seems to be running in the global scope and not that of the function.

    var global = "a";
    function test(){
         var local = "b";
         eval('print("global", global)');
         eval('print("local", local)');
    }
    test();
    

    prints:

    global a
    Uncaught ReferenceError: "local" is not defined
    

    Should eval() pick up the local variable?

  • Interesting, thanks. Looks like it should!

    I've filed an issue for it at https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/iss­ues/2164

  • Just to add, it looks like right now it sets the scope to whatever this is

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Scope of eval

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