Joshua, I didn't know about 'recover', thank you!
Anyway it doesn't work for me: > tryCatch((function() { x <- 1; stop('ok') })(), error=recover()) Enter a frame number, or 0 to exit 1: tryCatch((function() { Selection: 1 Called from: eval(expr, envir, enclos) Browse[1]> x Error: object 'x' not found Browse[1]> Q Though it does work if I set options(error = recover): > options(error = recover) > (function() { x <- 1; stop('ok') })() Error in (function() { : ok Enter a frame number, or 0 to exit 1: (function() { Selection: 1 Called from: eval(expr, envir, enclos) Browse[1]> x [1] 1 Browse[1]> Q I do not run the latest R so it might be the reason: > version _ platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status major 2 minor 9.1 year 2009 month 06 day 26 svn rev 48839 language R version.string R version 2.9.1 (2009-06-26) -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Ulrich [mailto:josh.m.ulr...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 1:31 PM To: Vadim Ogranovich Cc: r-devel@r-project.org Subject: Re: [Rd] calling browser on error I believe options(error=recover) will do what you want. -- Joshua Ulrich | FOSS Trading: www.fosstrading.com On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Vadim Ogranovich <vogranov...@jumptrading.com> wrote: > Dear R-developers, > > I am trying to figure out a way to call browser() when an error occur, and > naturally I want the browser() to be called in the environment of the error. > > I tried something simple in vain: > >> f <- function() { x <- 1; stop('ok') } >> tryCatch(f(), error=browser()) > Called from: tryCatch(f(), error = browser()) > ## if browser() was called in the local environment of f then 'x' would be > set, but it's not > Browse[1]> x > Error: object 'x' not found > Browse[1]> Q > > Is there a way to make it work? What do people do to 'set an on-error > breakpoint'? > > Thanks, > Vadim > > > Note: This email is for the confidential use of the named addressee(s) only > and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you > are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, > dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited, and to please > notify the sender immediately and destroy this email and any attachments. > Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Jump > Trading, therefore, does not make any guarantees as to the completeness or > accuracy of this email or any attachments. This email is for informational > purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation, offer, request or > solicitation of any kind to buy, sell, subscribe, redeem or perform any type > of transaction of a financial product. > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > Note: This email is for the confidential use of the named addressee(s) only and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited, and to please notify the sender immediately and destroy this email and any attachments. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Jump Trading, therefore, does not make any guarantees as to the completeness or accuracy of this email or any attachments. This email is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation, offer, request or solicitation of any kind to buy, sell, subscribe, redeem or perform any type of transaction of a financial product. ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel