Richard: I may have implied that one should "mess with environments" by saying that I agree with Abby. If so, my apologies because that's not what I meant. I only meant understanding.
On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 12:47 AM Mark Leeds <marklee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Richard: I didn't say it was and didn't mean to imply it. All I said > is that it was an example of where "not understanding environments" can > lead > to errors that won't be understood by the person experiencing them. It > just so happens that the use of "environment(f) <- " can lead to a > solution but there > are other solutions and it was not my intention to talk about the various > solutions. Only that it can be helpful if one understands the notion of > environments in R. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 12:42 AM Richard O'Keefe <rao...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That example is NOT an example of "messing around with environments." >> >> On Thu, 7 May 2020 at 15:36, Mark Leeds <marklee...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Abby: I agree with you because below is a perfect example of where >> not understanding environments causes a somewhat >> > mysterious problem. Chuck Berry explains it in a follow up email. >> > >> > >> https://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/issues-with-environment-handling-in-model-frame-td4762855.html >> > >> > >> > On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 11:28 PM Abby Spurdle <spurdl...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > If you want to mess around with the environment of a >> >> > function, then you need to understand this stuff, but you probably >> >> > shouldn't do that. >> >> >> >> What exactly do you mean? >> >> >> >> Are you implying that a user should not use environments? >> >> In which case, I would disagree. >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
