From p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk  Sat Sep 18 10:40:00 1999
From: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk)
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 11:40:00 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: lambda error update (PR#282)
Message-ID: <199909180940.LAA12533@pubhealth.ku.dk>

Matthew Wiener <mcw@ln.nimh.nih.gov> writes:

> > parameters (xxdefun in gram.y calls lang4). The arg count got changed
> > from 0.64.2 to 0.65.0 (from 3 to 4) to accommodate the stored source
> > attribute. I suppose that a function stored in a saved workspace might
> > cause some kind of mess when restored.
> > 
> 
> If I understand this correctly, it would seem to mean that I'm unlikely to
> get this error more than once from any given function, since when I
> re-store (rather than restore) it under 0.65.0 things will get fixed.
> Does that seem right?  If not, is there anything I can do?

No, that doesn't work, because you'll just store the old call again.
However if you just edit the function, e.g. with fix(), the problem
goes away. You don't have to change it, just make sure that the code
gets reparsed.

Here's the essence of the problem:

R : Copyright 1999, The R Development Core Team
Version 0.64.1 Patched (unreleased snapshot) (May 14, 1999)
> f<-function(){g<-function()2}  
> save(f,file="xxx")

R : Copyright 1999, The R Development Core Team
Version 0.65.0 Patched (unreleased) (September 16, 1999)
> load("xxx")
> f
function () 
{
    g <- function() 2
}
> f()
Error: incorrect number of arguments to "lambda"
> fix(f)
...
> f()
>

D*mn! I should have thought of that. I'll see if I can cook up a fix
for 0.65.1. Filed as a bug report.

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lambda error update (PR#282)
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