[Rd] stopifnot() suggestion

[Roger D. Peng]

Wouldn't it be better to do something like

stopifnot(all(!is.na(x)), all(!is.na(y)), x, y)

rather than have stopifnot() go checking for NAs?  I agree the message is 
strange but if having non-NA values is really a condition, then why not just put 
it in the call to stopifnot()?

-roger

Dan Davison wrote:
> If an expression is passed to stopifnot() which contains missing values, 
> then the resulting error message is somewhat baffling until you are used 
> to it, e.g.
> 
>> x <- y <- rep(TRUE, 10)
>> y[7] <- NA
>> stopifnot(x, y)
> Error in if (!(is.logical(r <- eval(ll[[i]])) && all(r))) 
> stop(paste(deparse(mc[[i +  :
>  	missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed
> 
> A minor change to stopifnot() produces the following behaviour:
> 
>> stopifnot(x, y)
> Error in stopifnot(x, y) : y contains missing values
> 
> My attempt at a suitable modification follows, and below that the original 
> function definition. Is a change along these lines appropriate?
> 
> ## Altered version
> 
> stopifnot <- function (...) {
>      n <- length(ll <- list(...))
>      if (n == 0)
>          return(invisible())
>      mc <- match.call()
>      for (i in 1:n) {
>          if(any(is.na(r <- eval(ll[[i]])))) stop(paste(deparse(mc[[i + 1]])), " contains missing values")
>          if (!(is.logical(r) && all(r)))
>              stop(paste(deparse(mc[[i + 1]]), "is not TRUE"), call. = FALSE)
>      }
> }
> 
> 
> ## from R-2.1.1/src/library/base/R/stop.R
> 
> stopifnot <- function(...)
> {
>      n <- length(ll <- list(...))
>      if(n == 0)
>          return(invisible())
>      mc <- match.call()
>      for(i in 1:n)
>          if(!(is.logical(r <- eval(ll[[i]])) && all(r)))
>              stop(paste(deparse(mc[[i+1]]), "is not TRUE"), call. = FALSE)
> }
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>> version
>           _
> platform i386-pc-linux-gnu
> arch     i386
> os       linux-gnu
> system   i386, linux-gnu
> status
> major    2
> minor    2.0
> year     2005
> month    10
> day      06
> svn rev  35749
> language R
> 
> ----------
> Dan Davison
> Committee on Evolutionary Biology
> University of Chicago, U.S.A.
> 
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