I'm interested in the difference between these two intuitively
equivalent sequences that produce different results (in R version
2.13.1 (2011-07-08) 32-bit). I think R's reference counting
optimization is causing this difference in behavior.
> a <- 1
> a+{a[1] <- 20}
[1] 21
> a <- 1
> a[1] <- 1
> a+{a[1] <- 20}
[1] 40
Is one of these the "correct" answer, or is the order of side effects
undefined in these statements? Section 4.3.3 of the R Language
Definition just says that doing assignment in an argument to a
function is "bad style", but doesn't say anything about evaluation
order.
In general, for primitive and internal functions, is a particular
evaluation order for the arguments guaranteed?
Thanks,
Justin Talbot
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