Hi,
Thanks for the note. How would explain the following snippet taken from
`formals` doc page (the code comment is also from that doc) ?
## formals returns NULL for primitive functions. Use it in combination with
## args for this case.
is.primitive(`+`)
formals(`+`)
formals(args(`+`))
Le sam. 6 oct. 2018 à 13:42, Rui Barradas <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt> a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I believe that this is maybe not a *feature* but at least expected
> behaviour.
>
> The call formals(args(`[`)) breaks down to
>
>
> > args(`[`)
> NULL
> > formals(NULL)
> NULL
> Warning message:
> In formals(fun) : argument is not a function
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rui Barradas
>
>
> Às 18:26 de 06/10/2018, Laurent Gautier escreveu:
> > Hi,
> >
> > A short code example showing the warning might the only thing needed
> here:
> >
> > ```
> >> formals(args(`[`))
> > NULL
> >
> > *Warning message:In formals(fun) : argument is not a function*
> >> is.function(`[`)
> > [1] TRUE
> >> is.primitive(`[`)
> > [1] TRUE
> > ```
> >
> > Now with an other primitive:
> >
> > ```
> >> formals(args(`sum`))
> > $...
> >
> >
> > $na.rm
> > [1] FALSE
> >
> >> is.function(`sum`)
> > [1] TRUE
> >> is.primitive(`sum`)
> > [1] TRUE
> >> class(`[`)
> > [1] "function"
> > ```
> >
> > Is this a feature ?
> >
> >
> > Laurent
> >
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> >
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