diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6a6dce5844..ced20623db 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Jul 26 23:03:53 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
+
+	* eval.c (rb_eval): no need to convert to string twice.
+
 Fri Jul 26 18:32:37 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
 
 	* misc/ruby-mode.el (ruby-expr-beg): wrong indent at modifiers
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 30aa9fca90..25660fdcef 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -3074,6 +3074,7 @@ rb_eval(self, n)
 	break;
 
       case NODE_EVSTR:
+	ruby_sourceline = nd_line(node);
 	result = rb_obj_as_string(rb_eval(self, node->nd_body));
 	break;
 
@@ -3093,8 +3094,7 @@ rb_eval(self, n)
 			str2 = list->nd_head->nd_lit;
 			break;
 		      default:
-			ruby_sourceline = nd_line(list->nd_head);
-			str2 = rb_obj_as_string(rb_eval(self, list->nd_head));
+			str2 = rb_eval(self, list->nd_head);
 			break;
 		    }
 		    rb_str_append(str, str2);