[Rd] issue with promises for time parameter of rep()

[luke-tierney at uiowa.edu]

Thanks. Fixed in R-devel and R-patched. This now gives

f <- function(n) {
     print(ls.str())
     rep("hello", times = n)
}
f(n)
## n : <missing>
## Error in f(n) : object 'n' not found
## In addition: Warning message:
## In f(n) : restarting interrupted promise evaluation

Best,

luke

On Mon, 18 Sep 2017, Homer White wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> The following is based on a question I raised on Stackoverflow:
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46280120/calling-printls-str-in-function-affect-behavior-of-rep/46283979#46283979
>
> Start a new R session with an empty Global Env.  Then define:
>
> f <- function(n) {
>  print(ls.str())
>  rep("hello", times = n)
> }
>
> Now run:
>
> f(x)
>
> Instead of getting the expected "object 'x' not found" error, you get:
>
> n : <missing>[1] "hello"
>
> It was suggested that I file the issue here as a possible bug.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Homer
>
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