Advanced iRules: An Abstract View of iRules with the Tcl Bytecode Disassembler

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This is the most hardcore thing I've ever seen on DevCentral. I'm still a little lost on parts of it. Can you explain why in 'Solution 2' it performs an eval $res and then a return $res? What is the point of the eval at that stage if it isn't assigned to another variable?