As I am using heavily `eval' in my rcd-template package for template
interpolation, and people complain, like I should minimize it, but I
have no other way around it, I would like to ask if there were ever
any practical negative consequences by Hyperbole using `eval'?
It is if I guess well, decades old package, but maybe I am wrong,
decades are passing quickly.
How I see it here, it is frequently used. Of course, it allows
execution of any Lisp expression by various means.
But were there any problematic issues ever?
I believe that code is well written, and I don't refer to code, I
rather ask if anybody complained or if anything practical, like users'
data was reported to be destroyed by incorrect `eval'.
grep --color=auto -nH -e "(eval " *.el
hact.el:412: (eval (cons action args))
hact.el:413: (eval action))
hact.el:447: (eval act)
hact.el:448: (eval action))
hactypes.el:52: (let ((result (eval bool-expr)))
hactypes.el:65: (eval lisp-expr))
hargs.el:267: (eval not-quoted))
hargs.el:272: (eval not-quoted))
hargs.el:509: (eval iform))
hbmap.el:97: (eval form)
hbut.el:655: (eval `(ebut:program label actype ,@args))))))
hmail.el:118: (eval expr)
hmouse-drv.el:845: pred-value (eval pred))
hmouse-drv.el:849: (eval hkey-action))
hmouse-drv.el:864: (or (setq pred-value (eval (car hkey-form)))
hsmail.el:83: (let ((comment (eval (or comment-form smail:comment))))
hui-mini.el:136: (while (and show-menu (eval set-menu))
hui-mini.el:156: rtn (eval act-form))))))
hui-mini.el:185: (while (and show-menu (eval set-menu))
hui-mouse.el:1476: (eval lisp-form))
hui-window.el:867: (setq w1-ref (eval (cadr (assq major-mode
hmouse-drag-item-mode-forms))))
hui-window.el:1239: (eval (cdr (assoc (hyperb:window-system)
hui-window.el:1257: (let ((y (eval (cdr (assoc (hyperb:window-system)
hycontrol.el:771: (eval expr))))
hycontrol.el:792: (not (eval (cons 'or
(hycontrol-display-buffer-predicate-results buf)))))
hycontrol.el:795: (eval (cons 'or
(hycontrol-display-buffer-predicate-results buf))))))
hycontrol.el:1683: ((eval predicate)
hypb.el:58: (eval predicate)
hypb.el:326: (eval (append
hyrolo-logic.el:127: (setq total-matches (eval (read expr))))
hyrolo-logic.el:203: (let ((result (eval sexp)))
I use: Editor: GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X
toolkit, cairo version 1.17.4, Xaw3d scroll bars)
Hyperbole: 8.0.0pre
Sys Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
OS Type: gnu/linux
Window Sys: x
News Reader: Gnus v5.13
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Thanks,
Jean Louis
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