[ESS] R hangs with ESS-emacs and options(error=recover)

[Dan Davison]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 09:17:02PM -0700, Seth Falcon wrote:
> "Richard M. Heiberger" <rmh at temple.edu> writes:
> 
> > Yes, ESS is looking for a "> " prompt.  recover() is issuing
> > a "Selection: " which is not the signal that ESS is looking for.
> 
> Hmm, options(error=recover) seems to be working fine for me inside
> ESS.  
> 
> recover() calls the menu() function which requests user input
> before dropping into a browser.  Although menu appears to be internal
> it should be similar to readline.  I suspect something else is going
> on -- do these functions work for others or am I just lucky ;-)

Normal use of options(error=recover) has always been OK for me in general, but I do see this behaviour in the following situation: ess-load-file (C-c C-l) hangs if it encounters a parsing problem and options(error=recover) is set.

e.g. contents of file tmp.R:

f <- function() {
    if(
    6
}

> options(error=recover)

## C-c C-l in tmp.R buffer now results in a hang, requiring C-g before one can get to the R buffer where hitting <return> gets you the "Selection: " prompt [not that that's what you want; you never get the "Errors: Use C-c ` to find error" message, which of course you do get without options(error=recover) ]

Dan



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year           2006                        
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day            18                          
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version.string R version 2.4.1 (2006-12-18)



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