eval(, envir=.SD) no longer working

[tyner]

We used to be able to do (in version 1.8.10), things like:

DT <- as.data.table(iris)
DT$foo <- "Species"
DT[,bar:=eval(parse(text=foo[1]), envir=.SD)]

but now (in version 1.9.4) it gives:

Error in parse(text = foo[1]) : object 'foo' not found

I'm wondering if this is expected, and if so, what is the recommended workaround?

Thanks
Ben

[arunsrinivasan]

@tyner thanks for the report. Should be back to how it was now.