[Rd] [External] Status of '=>'

iuke-tier@ey m@iii@g oii uiow@@edu iuke-tier@ey m@iii@g oii uiow@@edu
Mon Dec 20 16:05:22 CET 2021


It's still work in progress. Probably => will be dropped in favor of
limited use of _ for non-first-argument passing.

Best,

luke

On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:

>
> R 4.1.0 brought the native pipe and the related ability to use '=>' if one
> opted into it by setting _R_USE_PIPEBIND_. I often forget about '=>' and
> sadly can never find anything in the docs either (particularly no 'see als'
> from '|>' docs) which is not all that heplful.
>
> Can we anticipate a change with R 4.2.0, or will it remain as is, somewhat
> available but not really documented or enabled? Clarifications welcome,
> otherwise 'time will tell' as usual.
>
> Thanks,  Dirk
>
>

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