Re: [Rd] Error promise already under evaluation ... with function(x, dim=dim(x))

On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Duncan Murdoch murdoch.dun...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/11/2014, 9:06 PM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: I've meant to ask the following for several years now. I understand why: foo - function(x, dim=dim) { dim } foo(1) Error in foo(1) : promise already

Re: [Rd] Error promise already under evaluation ... with function(x, dim=dim(x))

On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Henrik Bengtsson h...@biostat.ucsf.edu wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Duncan Murdoch murdoch.dun...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/11/2014, 9:06 PM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: I've meant to ask the following for several years now. I understand why: foo -

Re: [Rd] Error promise already under evaluation ... with function(x, dim=dim(x))

On 14/11/2014, 9:06 PM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: I've meant to ask the following for several years now. I understand why: foo - function(x, dim=dim) { dim } foo(1) Error in foo(1) : promise already under evaluation: recursive default argument reference or earlier problems? gives an

[Rd] Error promise already under evaluation ... with function(x, dim=dim(x))

I've meant to ask the following for several years now. I understand why: foo - function(x, dim=dim) { dim } foo(1) Error in foo(1) : promise already under evaluation: recursive default argument reference or earlier problems? gives an error, but why wouldn't/couldn't the following work?