[Rd] obscure error with subsetting as.list() of a function then assigning that a (PR#9500)

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Also note:

   missing(a) # TRUE


On 2/8/07, peter-m.schumacher at db.com <peter-m.schumacher at db.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello. I was writing some code that computes on the language and came across
> this. I can work around it, but thought you might like to know about it.
>
> > f <- function(x) { NULL }
> > a <- as.list(f)[[1]]
> > a # ie print(a)
> Error: argument "a" is missing, with no default
>
> Note it says *argument* "a", which is strange. In fact, and unsurprisingly, the bug lies
> with the object itself, not with print():
>
> > typeof(a)
> Error in typeof(a) : argument "a" is missing, with no default
> > deparse(a)
> Error in deparse(a) : argument "a" is missing, with no default
>
> However, this does work:
> > as.list(f)[[1]]
>
> It prints nothing, which is correct, and there is no error. So it seems the bug lies with
> assigning a name to as.list(f)[[1]] as above, then trying to work with that new object.
>
> Regards,
> Peter-M.Schumacher at db.com
>
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>  os = mingw32
>  system = i386, mingw32
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>  major = 2
>  minor = 4.1
>  year = 2006
>  month = 12
>  day = 18
>  svn rev = 40228
>  language = R
>  version.string = R version 2.4.1 (2006-12-18)
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