Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard <at> biostat.ku.dk> writes:
>
> :
> : Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck <at> myway.com> writes:
> :
> : > Thanks for pointing out that this is already fixed in the upcoming
> : > version of R.
> :
> : It isn't. Look closer.
> :
> : I'm not sure this qualifies as a bug though. It boils down to
> :
> : > f <- function(...){...}
> : > f()
> : Error in f() : ... used in an incorrect context
> :
> : This doesn't work in S-PLUS either:
> :
> : > f <- function(...){...}
> : > f()
> : Problem in f(): "..." may only be used as an argument in a call
> : Use traceback() to see the call stack
> :
> : But S(-PLUS) doesn't actually have a function "{", it's part of syntax
> : but not actually put into functions (and if R had better deparsing,
> : may it could do likewise).
>
> Perhaps that explains why it fails but its not clear to me that this
> justifies the error, especially when you consider the fact that mapply
> got it right.
mapply doesn't pass "extras" using "...", but uses the MoreArgs list
instead.
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