But in 2.10.1 patched
z=function(x){x*2}
z()
Error in x * 2 : 'x' is missing
[See the posting guide about checking current versions before posting
... My notes say the change was in 2.8.0 and a side effect of
something else rather than deliberate.]
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Barry Rowlingson wr
Thanks for pointing this out Barry. I wonder what led to that change and if
there is a way to revert back to the old style.
I suspect the reason you didn't find hordes of confused newbies is that
newbies don't read error messages.
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Hrishi Mittal
hrishimit...@gmail.com
Try http://prettygr
Back in the days of R 2.6, if you did this, you got this:
> z=function(x){x*2}
> z()
Error in z() : argument "x" is missing, with no default
But now in this decade we get (for R 2.9 and 2.10):
> z=function(x){x*2}
> z()
Error in z() :
element 1 is empty;
the part of the args list of '*' be
