jquery and also JSON2 uses eval as fallback mechanism when the browser doesnt support JSON.parse, seems like a legit use case :)
2012/12/12 Rick Waldron <[email protected]> > > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Isaac Schlueter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 7:18 PM, spqr <[email protected]> wrote: >> > maybe my question should have been "why does JavaScript have eval()?" >> ;-) >> >> I think a lot of people have wondered the same thing. >> >> Yes, it has its uses, but at this point, I don't know of any that >> aren't better served using some other mechanism. eval() has weird >> optimization-destroying semantics that cannot ever be changed, due to >> the fact that JavaScript must be backwards compatible forever. >> > > > Runtime code generation? new Function( thecode ) works just as well, I > guess > > Rick > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
