Rails - Aug 2008 - Why ActionController::Base.class_eval for includes?

Just out of curiosity, why does action_controller.rb include classes
with class_eval instead of directly?  I.e., why

ActionController::Base.class_eval do
  include ActionController::Flash
  include ActionController::Filters
  ...
end

instead of just

class ActionController::Base
  include ActionController::Flash
  include ActionController::Filters
  ...
end
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