From cberry@tajo.ucsd.edu  Wed Nov  8 18:59:06 2000
From: cberry@tajo.ucsd.edu (cberry@tajo.ucsd.edu)
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 19:59:06 +0100 (MET)
Subject: [Rd] substitute(x$y)) corrupts 'y' component (PR#731)
Message-ID: <200011081859.TAA09094@pubhealth.ku.dk>

viz.


> (function(x,y=a) substitute(x$y))(x)
x$a
> (function(x,y=a) substitute(x$y))(list(y=1:3))
list(y = 1:3)$a
> (function(x,y) eval(substitute(substitute(y))))(x=list(y=1:3),y=x$y)
list(y = 1:3)$x$y


The behavior I expect and want is like that in Splus 3.4:

> (function(x,y=a) substitute(x$y))(x)
x$y
> (function(x,y=a) substitute(x$y))(list(y=1:3))
list(y = 1:3)$y
> (function(x,y) eval(substitute(substitute(y))))(x=list(y=1:3),y=x$y)
list(y = 1:3)$y

Is there a workaround to achieve this behavior under fairly general
circumstances, i.e. when one does not know whether to expect an object
with a component, but encounters one?

Chuck Berry
--please do not edit the information below--

Version:
 platform = sparc-sun-solaris2.7
 arch = sparc
 os = solaris2.7
 system = sparc, solaris2.7
 status = 
 major = 1
 minor = 1.0
 year = 2000
 month = June
 day = 15
 language = R

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, package:bqtl, Autoloads, package:base
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[Rd] substitute(x$y)) corrupts 'y' component (PR#731)
cberry@tajo.ucsd.edu