[Rd] Possible repeat{} / break function bug in R 3.4.1
Lionel Henry
lionel at rstudio.com
Wed Aug 23 09:46:34 CEST 2017
oops, I should have tried it:
expr <- quote(break)
repeat(eval(expr))
So eval() has hybrid semantics where `break` has more reach than
return(), weird.
expr <- quote(return())
repeat(eval(expr)) # infloop
Lionel
> On 23 août 2017, at 09:24, Tomas Kalibera <tomas.kalibera at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It is a bug in the byte-code compiler. I will fix
> Tomas
>
> On 08/23/2017 09:22 AM, Lionel Henry wrote:
>> I don't think that's a bug. source() uses eval(), and eval() creates a
>> new function-like context frame. In a way expecting `break` to work
>> inside source() is like expecting `break` to cross stack frames:
>>
>> my_break <- function() break
>> repeat(my_break())
>>
>> Lionel
>>
>>
>>> On 23 août 2017, at 09:17, Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>> Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>>>>>>>> on Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:10:20 +0200 writes:
>>>>>>>> Peter Bosa <Peter.Bosa at oregonmetro.gov>
>>>>>>>> on Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:39:50 +0000 writes:
>>>>> Hello, I've noticed the following error using repeat{} / break in R 3.4.1 running on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2008 (both 64-bit environments).
>>>>> When running a repeat function, the break command causes an error message if the repeat command refers to code within a file, but does not produce an error if the code is contained within the repeat{} command.
>>>>> Hello, I've noticed the following error using repeat{} / break in R 3.4.1 running on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2008 (both 64-bit environments).
>>>>>
>>>>> When running a repeat function, the break command causes an error message if the repeat command refers to code within a file, but does not produce an error if the code is contained within the repeat{} command.
>>>>>
>>>>> For example, the following code runs fine:
>>>>>
>>>>> x <- 1
>>>>> y <- 5
>>>>>
>>>>> repeat {
>>>>> if(x < y) {
>>>>> print("No Break Dance :-(")
>>>>> x = x + 1
>>>>> } else {
>>>>> print("Break Dance!")
>>>>> break
>>>>> }
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] "No Break Dance :("
>>>>> [1] "No Break Dance :("
>>>>> [1] "No Break Dance :("
>>>>> [1] "No Break Dance :("
>>>>> [1] "No Break Dance :("
>>>>> [1] "Break Dance!"
>>>>> However, if I take the loop contents of the repeat{} function, and save them to a file (breakTest.R) that contains the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> if(x < y) {
>>>>> print("No Break Dance :-(")
>>>>> x = x + 1
>>>>> } else {
>>>>> print("Break Dance!")
>>>>> break
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> And then run the following code:
>>>>>
>>>>> x <- 1
>>>>> y <- 5
>>>>>
>>>>> repeat{
>>>>> source("./breakTest.R")
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> I get the following error:
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] "No Break Dance :("
>>>>> [1] "No Break Dance :("
>>>>> [1] "No Break Dance :("
>>>>> [1] "No Break Dance :("
>>>>> [1] "No Break Dance :("
>>>>> [1] "Break Dance!"
>>>>> Error in eval(ei, envir) : no loop for break/next, jumping to top level
>>>>> This was not an issue with previous versions of R that I have used, including 3.3.3.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions? Is this a known bug with 3.4.1?
>>>> Thank you, Peter!
>>>> I can confirm what you are seeing (on Linux) in R version 3.4.0,
>>>> 3.4.1, and "R devel", and also that this had worked w/o a
>>>> problem in earlier versions of R, where I've looked at
>>>> R version 3.3.3 and 3.2.5.
>>>> I do think this is a bug, but it was not known till now.
>>>> For ease of use, I attach the two R files to easily reproduce.
>>>> Note I use writeLines() instead of print() as its output is "nicer".
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
>>> Trying again with the two attachment. Yes, I of all people (!!)
>>> should know that they must have an allowed MIME type; in this
>>> case text/plain !
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> ## see ./break-source_R341.R
>>> if(x < y) {
>>> writeLines("No Break Dance :-(")
>>> x <- x + 1
>>> } else {
>>> writeLines("Break Dance!")
>>> break
>>> }
>>> ## From: Peter Bosa <Peter.Bosa at oregonmetro.gov>
>>> ## To: "R-devel at r-project.org" <R-devel at r-project.org>
>>> ## Subject: [Rd] Possible repeat{} / break function bug in R 3.4.1
>>> ## Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:39:50 +0000
>>>
>>> ## Hello, I've noticed the following error using repeat{} / break in R 3.4.1 running on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2008 (both 64-bit environments).
>>>
>>> ## When running a repeat function, the break command causes an error message if the repeat command refers to code within a file, but does not produce an error if the code is contained within the repeat{} command.
>>>
>>> ## For example, the following code runs fine:
>>>
>>> x <- 1
>>> y <- 5
>>> repeat {
>>> if(x < y) {
>>> writeLines("No Break Dance :-(")
>>> x <- x + 1
>>> } else {
>>> writeLines("Break Dance!")
>>> break
>>> }
>>> }
>>> ## No Break Dance :(
>>> ## No Break Dance :(
>>> ## No Break Dance :(
>>> ## No Break Dance :(
>>> ## No Break Dance :(
>>> ## Break Dance!
>>> ## >
>>>
>>> ## However, if I take the loop contents of the repeat{} function, and save
>>> ## them to a file (breakTest.R) that contains the following:
>>> ## ^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> ## __SEE THAT FILE__
>>> ## if(x < y) {
>>> ## writeLines("No Break Dance :-(")
>>> ## x = x + 1
>>> ## } else {
>>> ## writeLines("Break Dance!")
>>> ## break
>>> ## }
>>>
>>> ## And then run the following code:
>>>
>>> x <- 1
>>> y <- 5
>>> repeat{
>>> source("./breakTest.R")
>>> }
>>> cat("successfully finished\n")
>>>
>>> ## I get the following error:
>>>
>>> ## No Break Dance :(
>>> ## No Break Dance :(
>>> ## No Break Dance :(
>>> ## No Break Dance :(
>>> ## No Break Dance :(
>>> ## Break Dance!
>>> ## Error in eval(ei, envir) : no loop for break/next, jumping to top level
>>> ## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>
>>>
>>> ## This was not an issue with previous versions of R that I have used, including 3.3.3.
>>>
>>> ## MM: It does work in R 3.3.3, indeed
>>> ## -- it fails in R 3.4.0 and later
>>>
>>>
>>> ## Any suggestions? Is this a known bug with 3.4.1?
>>>
>>> ## Cheers-
>>> ## Peter
>>>
>>>
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