On 28/08/2021 3:44 a.m., GILLIBERT, Andre wrote:
For the discussion:
> Yes, and were it not for 0 * NA == NA, you might skip evaluation of y
if x evaluates to zero.
With the same idea, NA * (alpha <- 6) could skip the assignment.
No, it can't, because until it evaluates the assignment it
For the discussion:
> Yes, and were it not for 0 * NA == NA, you might skip evaluation of y if x
> evaluates to zero.
With the same idea, NA * (alpha <- 6) could skip the assignment.
I do not think that, on the short term, R would do that thing, but who knows in
the future!
As of R 4.1, typ
Yes, and were it not for 0 * NA == NA, you might skip evaluation of y if x
evaluates to zero. In Andre Gillibert's example:
1 | (alpha<-6)
there really is no reason to evaluate the assignment since (1 | any) is always
TRUE. Notwithstanding method dispatch, that is.
With general function call
