ianmcook commented on a change in pull request #9952: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/9952#discussion_r610799756
########## File path: r/R/arrow-datum.R ########## @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ArrowDatum <- R6Class("ArrowDatum", inherit = ArrowObject, public = list( cast = function(target_type, safe = TRUE, ...) { + target_type <- unmask_type_fun(enexpr(target_type)) %||% target_type Review comment: Re the `%||% type` thing: To create a foolproof escape hatch for when the NSE approach fails to evaluate `type` properly, you need to evaluate `type` in the called function itself, not in another function called from that function. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org