This is correct, for details this is specified as point 15.1.2.1 in ES spec: > (...) any invocation of eval that is not a direct call uses the global environme

This is correct, for details this is specified as point 15.1.2.1 in ES spec: > (...) any invocation of eval that is not a direct call uses the global environment as its variable environment rather than the caller’s variable environment. Source: https://ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/ https://ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/