Kenn Konstabel wrote:
> This is legal but doesn't do what you probably expect -- although
> documentation for `<-` says the value (returned by <-) is 'value' i.e.
> whatever is on the right side ...
>
>> x<-NULL # just to make sure it's not yet 42
>> foo <- function(a) a
>> foo({x = 42}) # no result
Wrong...
> bar <- foo({x = 42})
> bar
[1] 42
What you're seeing is effectively
> foo(invisible(42))
i.e. the result is there, just not printing.
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