[Rd] Warning when calling formals() for `[`.

2018-10-06 Thread Laurent Gautier
Hi, A short code example showing the warning might the only thing needed here: ``` > formals(args(`[`)) NULL *Warning message:In formals(fun) : argument is not a function* > is.function(`[`) [1] TRUE > is.primitive(`[`) [1] TRUE ``` Now with an other primitive: ``` > formals(args(`sum`)) $...

Re: [Rd] Warning when calling formals() for `[`.

2018-10-06 Thread Rui Barradas
Hello, I believe that this is maybe not a *feature* but at least expected behaviour. The call formals(args(`[`)) breaks down to > args(`[`) NULL > formals(NULL) NULL Warning message: In formals(fun) : argument is not a function Hope this helps, Rui Barradas Às 18:26 de 06/10/2018, Laure

Re: [Rd] Warning when calling formals() for `[`.

2018-10-06 Thread Rui Barradas
Hello, I forgot to ask you to also try to break the `sum` instruction into its components: args(`sum`) does return a function. Therefore formals(args(`sum`)) returns something useable and no warning. Rui Barradas Às 18:42 de 06/10/2018, Rui Barradas escreveu: Hello, I believe that this

Re: [Rd] Warning when calling formals() for `[`.

2018-10-06 Thread Laurent Gautier
Hi, Thanks for the note. How would explain the following snippet taken from `formals` doc page (the code comment is also from that doc) ? ## formals returns NULL for primitive functions. Use it in combination with ## args for this case. is.primitive(`+`) formals(`+`) formals(