class MyClass
  def initialize
    @v = 1
  end
end
obj = MyClass.new

obj.instance_eval do
  self  #=> #<MyClass:0x33333 @v=1>
  @v   #=> 1 
end

v = 2
obj.instance_eval { @v = v }
obj.instance_eval { @v }  # => 2

class C
  def initialize
    @x = 1
  end
end
class D
  def twisted_method
    @y = 2
    #C.new.instance_eval { “@x: #{@x}, @y>: #{y}” }
    C.new.instance_exec(@y) { |y| “@x: #{@x}, @y: #{y}” }
  end
end
#D.new.twisted_method  # => “@x: 1, @y: ”
D.new.twisted_method  # => “@x: 1, @y: 2”

obj_instance.instance_eval do
 self # => obj_instance
 # current class => obj_instance's singleton class
end
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class A
end

a = A.new
a.instance_eval do
 self # => a
 # current class => a's singleton class
 def method1
  puts 'this is a singleton method of instance a'
 end
end

a.method1
#=> this is a singleton method of instance a

b = A.new
b.method1
#=>NoMethodError: undefined method `method1' for #<A:0x10043ff70>

class A
end

A.instance_eval do
 self # => A
 # current class => A's singleton class
 def method1
  puts 'this is a singleton method of class A'
 end
end

A.method1
#=> this is a singleton method of class A
class_eval

class A
end

A.class_eval do
 self # => A
 # current class => A
end

class A
end

a = A.new
a.method1
#=> NoMethodError: undefined method `method1' for #<A:0x10043ff70>

A.class_eval do
 self # => A
 # current class => A
 def method1
  puts 'this is a instance method of class A'
 end
end

a.method1
#=> this is a instance method of class A