--- a/src/parse.y
+++ b/src/parse.y
@@ -3983,6 +3983,89 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
+/*
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-1.m
+%!#test
+%! x = 1;
+%! assert(eval ("x"),1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-2.m
+%!test
+%! x = 1;
+%! assert(eval ("x;"));
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-3.m
+%!test
+%! x = 1;
+%! assert(eval ("x;"),1);
+
+%% FIXME
+%% Disable this test as adding the ";" is redundant with eval-1 and
+%% in any case is a syntax error with assert
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-4.m
+%!#test
+%! x = 1;
+%! assert(eval ("x");,1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-5.m
+%!test
+%! eval ("flipud = 2;");
+%! assert(flipud,2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-6.m
+%!function y = f ()
+%!  eval ("flipud = 2;");
+%!  y = flipud;
+%!test
+%! assert(f,2);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-7.m
+%!#test
+%! eval ("x = 1");
+%! assert(x,1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-8.m
+%!test
+%! eval ("x = 1;")
+%! assert(x,1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-9.m
+%!test
+%! eval ("x = 1;");
+%! assert(x,1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-10.m
+%!#test
+%! eval ("x = 1")
+%! assert(x,1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-11.m
+%!test
+%! x = 1;
+%! y = eval ("x");
+%! assert(y,1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-12.m
+%!test
+%! x = 1;
+%! y = eval ("x;");
+%! assert(y,1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-13.m
+%!test
+%! x = 1;
+%! y = eval ("x;");
+%! assert(y,1);
+
+%% test/octave.test/eval/eval-14.m
+%!test
+%! x = 1;
+%! y = eval ("x");
+%! assert(y,1);
+
+*/
+
 DEFUN (assignin, args, ,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} assignin (@var{context}, @var{varname}, @var{value})\n\