Re: [Boston.pm] Trying to learn about the problems with eval()

2005-08-16 Thread Tim King
Ben Tilly wrote: I agree that using eval here is wrong. But I still don't see action at a distance. You can argue about whether it is action at a distance, but you have tight coupling between the internals of make_generator and the string passed into it that was generated from very far

Re: [Boston.pm] Trying to learn about the problems with eval()

2005-08-16 Thread Ben Tilly
On 8/16/05, Tim King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben Tilly wrote: I agree that using eval here is wrong. But I still don't see action at a distance. You can argue about whether it is action at a distance, but you have tight coupling between the internals of make_generator and the string

Re: [Boston.pm] Trying to learn about the problems with eval()

2005-08-16 Thread Tim King
Hi, Ben. I began crafting an on-list reply, only to find I had nothing substantive to add. Then I began writing a private message, only to discover that perhaps this still makes interesting discussion. Now I'm thinking we may be on to something here that actually applies directly to the