[Rd] Substitute() changed since R2.3.0 (2006-02-02 r37243)?

[Henrik Bengtsson]

On 29 Mar 2006 11:58:34 +0200, Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> wrote:
> "Henrik Bengtsson" <hb at maths.lth.se> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've got the following two versions of R on WinXP:
> >
> > A) R Version 2.3.0 Under development (unstable) (2006-02-02 r37243)
> > B) R Version 2.3.0 Under development (unstable) (2006-03-27 r37579)
> >
> > and a the following "test.R" script:
> >
> > foo <- function(path, ...) { print(path) }
> > bar <- function(x, ...) foo(...)
> > wow <- function(x, ...) capture.output(foo(...))
> > bar(1, path=2)
> > print(wow(1, path=2))
> >
> > With A, I get:
> >
> > > source("test.R")
> > [1] 2
> > [1] "[1] 2"
> >
> > But with B, I get
> > > source("test.R")
> > [1] 2
> > Error in print(path) : argument "path" is missing, with no default
> >
> > Further debugging led me to the following test2.R script:
> >
> > foo <- function(path, ...) { print(path) }
> > bar <- function(x, ...) foo(...)
> > wow <- function(x, ...) yaa(foo(...))
> > yaa <- function(...) substitute(list(...))
> > bar(1, path=2)
> > print(wow(1, path=2))
> >
> > With A, I get
> >
> > > source("test2.R")
> > [1] 2
> > list(foo(...))
> >
> > But with B, I get
> >
> > > source("test.R")
> > [1] 2
> > list(foo())
> >
> > Note that '...' is missing in the latest version.  I don't think this is wanted.
>
> I suspect that you're right. Just for reproduction purposes: The
> script is not needed, and the whole thing simplifies to the two lines:
>
> yaa <- function(...) substitute(list(...))
> yaa(foo(...))
>
> which gives list(foo()) in 2.3.0 alpha and used to give list(foo(...)).

And, yaa(foo(x,y,...,z)) gives list(foo(x, y, z)) but used to give
list(foo(x, y, ..., z)).

/Henrik

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