> So you are saying to make sense this would need to be
>
> > match.call(definition=g , call=quote(g(1)) )
> g(x = 1)
Yes. What would you expect to get from match.call() outside of a
function if you don't give it a call argument? It uses the default value
for 'call', sys.call(sys.parent()), but
On Jul 15, 2014, at 5:04 PM, William Dunlap wrote:
Does it make sense to call match.call outside of a function without
specifying both the function definition and the call to the function?
My puzzlement came from the different response to these two commands:
match.call(g)
match.call(definiti
Does it make sense to call match.call outside of a function without
specifying both the function definition and the call to the function?
I agree that the error message is misleading. Also, the return value
when call is not supplied does not seem useful, although it is
possible that it is correct
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