From rmh@surfer.sbm.temple.edu  Tue Dec 11 22:32:17 2001
From: rmh@surfer.sbm.temple.edu (rmh@surfer.sbm.temple.edu)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:32:17 +0100 (MET)
Subject: [Rd] crash bug in get("function.name")() (PR#1211)
Message-ID: <200112112232.XAA15690@pubhealth.ku.dk>

R : Copyright 2001, The R Development Core Team
Version 1.3.1  (2001-08-31)

> tmp <- factor(1:3)
> get("print.factor")(tmp)
[1] 1 2 3
Levels:  1 2 3 
> print.a <- function(x,...) {
+   print("this is a")
+   NextMethod("print", x, quote = FALSE, right = TRUE, ...)
+ }
> 
> get("print.a")
function(x,...) {
  print("this is a")
  NextMethod("print", x, quote = FALSE, right = TRUE, ...)
}
> print.a(tmp)
[1] "this is a"
[1] 1 2 3
Levels:  1 2 3 
> get("print.a")(tmp)
[1] "this is a"

Process R exited abnormally with code 5 at Tue Dec 11 16:18:17 2001

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I am using the windows version rw1031

I also tried on rw1030.   rw1030 gives a different code
Process R exited abnormally with code 255 at Tue Dec 11 17:31:06 2001

Rich

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[Rd] crash bug in get("function.name")() (PR#1211)
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