[Rd] readLines function with R >= 3.5.0

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> Ralf Stubner 
>>>>>     on Mon, 28 May 2018 12:13:57 +0200 writes:

    > On 28.05.2018 11:07, Gábor Csárdi wrote:
    >> stdin() is not the same as file("stdin"), see the note in ?stdin.

Of course it is not the same, otherwise using one for the other
had no effect, but you are right:
it is *NOT* a solution to the problem

    > In particular stdin() works in an interactive session but not when R -f
    > / Rscript is used, since it does not wait for the user to input anything:

    > $ R -f readLines.R

    > R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23) -- "Joy in Playing"
    > Copyright (C) 2018 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
    > Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
    > [...]
    >> create_matrix <- function() {
    > +   cat("Write the numbers of vertices: ")
    > +   user_input <- readLines(stdin(), n=1)
    > +   user_input <- as.numeric(user_input)
    > +   print(user_input)
    > +   }
    >> create_matrix()
    > Write the numbers of vertices: numeric(0)
    >> 

oh dear...  yes, that is true ..


    >>>>>>>> Martin Maechler
    >>>>>>>> on Mon, 28 May 2018 10:28:01 +0200 writes:
    >>> > It "works" if you additionally (the [Enter], i.e., EOL) you also
    >>> > "send" an EOF -- in Unix alikes via  <Ctrl>-D

    > From my point of view this is a reasonable workaround for now.

I'm glad to hear that.

Then, I now do think this needs to be dealt with as a bug
(but I'm not delving into fixing it!)

Martin


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