Eval always bad?

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no-eval
var sum = 0;
(function() {
for (var i = 0; i < 10000000; i++) {
  sum += i;
}
})();
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eval
eval('var sum = 0;');
(function() {
for (var i = 0; i < 10000000; i++) {
  sum += i;
}
})();
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eval-empty
eval('');
var sum = 0;
(function() {
for (var i = 0; i < 10000000; i++) {
  sum += i;
}
})();
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Hidden-eval
(function() {eval('');})();
var sum = 0;
(function() {
for (var i = 0; i < 10000000; i++) {
  sum += i;
}
})();
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just-eval
var doSum
(function() {eval('var sum = 0;');
doSum = function() {
  for (var i = 0; i < 10000000; i++) {
    sum += i;
  }
}
})();
doSum();
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