[Rd] mget(missingArgument)?

[William Dunlap]

Currently, when mget() is used to get the value of a function's argument
with no default value and no value in the call it returns the empty name
(R_MissingArg).  Is that the right thing to do or should it return
'ifnotfound' or give an error?

E.g.,
> a <- (function(x) { y <- "y from function's environment";
mget(c("x","y","z"), envir=environment(), ifnotfound=666)})()
> str(a)
List of 3
 $ x: symbol
 $ y: chr "y from function's environment"
 $ z: num 666

The similar function get0() gives an error in that case.
> b <- (function(x) get0("x", envir=environment(), ifnotfound=666))()
Error in get0("x", envir = environment(), ifnotfound = 666) :
  argument "x" is missing, with no default

Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com

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