What to use instead of eval for dynamic code generation/loading in Javascript

Question

JavaScript strict mode forbids usage of the eval function. However, I don't see how dynamic code loading/generation can be implemented without it. Are there any new APIs for this? What are the alternatives?

Answer 1

It's pretty simple: Strict mode doesn't forbid eval, it just disables the dynamic scoping of eval:

var x;

function y(k) {
    eval(k);
    x = 4; //Under strict mode, this always references the outer x
}