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Re:A file that's both an acceptable HTML page and a JPEG (vi... by skrebbel on Saturday July 07, 2012 @11:18AM (#4211828)
it's a performance thing. i forgot the details, but if you change the `(1,eval)` to `eval`, it's all much slower. something with the scope of the code that's being eval'ed, if i recall correctly.
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Re:A file that's both an acceptable HTML page and a JPEG (vi... by tlack on Saturday July 07, 2012 @04:41PM (#4212654)
(1,eval)('2*2') evaluates in the global context, so it may be slower I would think. Here's a really long and insanely detailed post about this odd feature: http://perfectionkills.com/global-eval-what-are-the-options/
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