On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:55 AM, guangchuang yu <guangchuan...@gmail.com> asked why switch(..., a <- 3, ...) doesn't have the same effect as switch(..., a=3, ...).
In most contexts, `<-` and `=` are synonymous in R, and mean
assignment. In function-argument position, however, an infix `=` names
the argument. Switch depends on the argument names.
-s
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