[racket] How to make eval work on define?

Does this help: 

> #lang racket
> 
> (define-namespace-anchor top)
> 
> (parameterize ((current-namespace (namespace-anchor->namespace top)))
>   (eval '(define x 10))
>   (namespace-variable-value 'x))



eval takes a namespace and you need to supply it explicitly (as an argument) or implicitly (via a parameter setting). 






On Nov 17, 2012, at 1:06 AM, Monica Tomson wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> When I use eval on an S-Expression, where there are something like (define len (...)), racket screams at me define: not allowed in an expression context in: (define len (make-length 10))
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> How to make eval work on definition?
> If eval is not designed to work on definitions, then is there some workarounds that can make it work?
> I appreciate any help!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Monica
> 
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