Friedrich Leisch wrote:
>> On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:10:31 -0700,
>> Henrik Bengtsson (HB) wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Kevin R.
> > Coombes wrote:
> >> [1] I agree that sessionInfo() can be taken further.
> >> [2] I even more strongly agree that it would be a bad idea
> On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:10:31 -0700,
> Henrik Bengtsson (HB) wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Kevin R.
> Coombes wrote:
>> [1] I agree that sessionInfo() can be taken further.
>> [2] I even more strongly agree that it would be a bad idea to allow
packages
>> to add feat
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Kevin R.
Coombes wrote:
> [1] I agree that sessionInfo() can be taken further.
> [2] I even more strongly agree that it would be a bad idea to allow packages
> to add features that cause the base sessionInfo() function to fail.
>
> Why not add an extra function call
[1] I agree that sessionInfo() can be taken further.
[2] I even more strongly agree that it would be a bad idea to allow
packages to add features that cause the base sessionInfo() function to fail.
Why not add an extra function called something like
"packageSessionInfo()" that would provide th
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Gabor
Grothendieck wrote:
> The danger is that it could introduce bugs into the process
> of reporting bugs.
If you mean that sessionInfo() will result in an error, that is easily
solved by a tryCatch() statement. Timeouts are harder. One can also
consider provid
The danger is that it could introduce bugs into the process
of reporting bugs.
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sessionInfo() has been proven really useful, but you still often have
> to ask for additional information in order to help troubleshooting.
> For instanc
Hi,
sessionInfo() has been proven really useful, but you still often have
to ask for additional information in order to help troubleshooting.
For instance, for troubleshooting the aroma.affymetrix, it is very
helpful to know what the current working directory is, for other
packages certain system
