From jrogers@cantatapharm.com  Sat Feb  1 22:53:02 2003
From: jrogers@cantatapharm.com (jrogers@cantatapharm.com)
Date: Sat Feb  1 22:53:02 2003
Subject: [Rd] Apparent parser problem (PR#2520)
Message-ID: <200302012152.WAA05619@pubhealth.ku.dk>

Let me first admit: I am experiencing this bug on a precompiled binary
of R for windows, and I know these are not supported. I am not asking
for support, but I thought the R developers would want to know about
this. 

# Define:

foo.page <- function(x) x

# Then, 

foo.page("a")

# actually invokes the pager (!) on object named "a" (if one is
defined). 
# same thing happens if you define the function with the name
<anyname>.page.

# Interestingly, 

foo.page("a" )

# will actually act as desired (returns "a")

         _              
platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch     i386           
os       mingw32        
system   i386, mingw32  
status                  
major    1              
minor    6.2            
year     2003           
month    01             
day      10             
language R    


Cheers, 
Jim Rogers

James A. Rogers, Ph.D. <rogers@cantatapharm.com>
Statistical Scientist
Cantata Pharmaceuticals
3-G Gill St
Woburn, MA  01801
617.225.9009
Fax 617.225.9010



[Rd] Apparent parser problem (PR#2520)
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