[Rd] Pb with package::foo(x) <- value

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Hi,

The parser doesn't seem to like this:

   somePackage::foo(x) <- value
   somePackage:::foo(x) <- value

where foo() is a replacement function or method defined in package somePackage.

For example:

   > x <- integer(4)
   > base::length(x) <- 7
   Error in base::length(x) <- 7 : invalid function in complex assignment

I've tried to put some back quotes on the left side of the assignment in
different ways but was not successful. So finally I had to use the
non-replacement form:

   > x <- base::`length<-`(x, 7)
   > x
   [1]  0  0  0  0 NA NA NA

Is there a way to avoid this?

Thanks!
H.