[R] Making R lazy

2010-09-09 Thread Lorenzo Isella
Dear All, I hope this is not too off-topic. I am wondering if there is any possibility to make an R code lazy i.e. to prevent it from calculating quantities which are not used in the code. As an example: you are in a rush to modify your code and at the end it ends up with dead branches, let's

Re: [R] Making R lazy

2010-09-09 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 09/09/2010 6:27 AM, Lorenzo Isella wrote: Dear All, I hope this is not too off-topic. I am wondering if there is any possibility to make an R code lazy i.e. to prevent it from calculating quantities which are not used in the code. As an example: you are in a rush to modify your code and at