To be fair, I remember handling HCl in chemistry and the fumes didn't dissolve my eyes, though I could tell that the fumes weren't nice either. It would depend

To be fair, I remember handling HCl in chemistry and the fumes didn't dissolve my eyes, though I could tell that the fumes weren't nice either. It would depend on the concentration of the gas, which would also be a function of the concentration of the HCl that was vaporising.