hi dirk, with further testing, it occurs with any version from CRAN (available for trusty at least).
i.e. r-base-core | 3.2.2-1trusty0 | r-base-core | 3.2.1-4trusty0 | r-base-core | 3.2.1-3trusty0 | r-base-core | 3.2.1-2trusty0 | r-base-core | 3.2.1-1trusty0 | r-base-core | 3.2.0-4trusty0 | r-base-core | 3.2.0-1trusty | r-base-core | 3.1.3-1trusty | r-base-core | 3.1.2-1trusty0 | r-base-core | 3.1.1-1trusty0 | r-base-core | 3.1.0-1trusty0 | works with this one (from archive.ubuntu.com): r-base-core | 3.0.2-1ubuntu1 | using rcpp 0.12.0 and rinside 0.2.13 from my PPA https://launchpad.net/~jonathon-love/+archive/ubuntu/jasp/+packages any clues? with thanks jonathon On 8/09/2015 4:29 pm, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > On 8 September 2015 at 09:28, Jonathon Love wrote: > | hi dirk, > | > | my application JASP makes use of RInside, and has for about two years > | now (https://jasp-stats.org). however, i've just found the most bizare > | bug. it only seems to occur under R 3.2.2 (from CRAN) under Ubuntu > | Trusty. the issue does not occur under R 3.0.2 (from the standard ubuntu > | repos), nor does it occur under R 3.2.2 on Ubuntu Vivid. > | > | the problem is, bizarely enough, to do with a call to stats::quantile( ) > | > | calling: > | > | stats::quantile(x, probs=0.01) > | > | within JASP, gives the error: > | > | "unused argument (probs = 0.01)" > | > | but calling it outside of JASP, in an R session run at the terminal, > | gives me the expected result. > | > | i have inspected the Version, the .libPaths(), everything between the > | terminal and JASP is identical. > | calling: > | > | print(stats::quantiles) > | > | gives me the same (short) function definition in both environments > | > | if i run stats::quantile(1:10), inside of JASP, it gives me the exact > | vector back (rather than the quantiles)! > | > | if i go to the R SVN, and copy the stats::quantile.default() into the > | JASP R code, rename it, and substitute calls within JASP, everything > | works fine. > | > | there's also an issue with stats::as.formula() not working > | > | in typically JASP usage, dozens of R functions are called, and there > | don't seem to be any issues other than these, so it appears to be > | isolated to the stats package. > | > | the only difference i can see, is that one runs inside of RInside, the > | other at the terminal. > | > | any idea of what it could cause this? > > We are aware of one issue between R 3.2.2 and Rcpp 0.12.0 which is due to > recent changes in R prior to the R 3.2.2 release. That is addressed in > Rcpp's master branch on GitHub so you could try that. It should also work > with R-devel. We are planning Rcpp 0.12.1 "relatively soon" because of this. > > Hope that helps, if it doesn;t we need to dig deeper. > > Dirk > -- JASP - A Fresh Way to Do Statistics http://jasp-stats.org/ -- How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all. -- Sir Henry Wotton _______________________________________________ Rcpp-devel mailing list Rcpp-devel@lists.r-forge.r-project.org https://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rcpp-devel
