[R] Is there a test for .Alias?

[Thomas Lumley]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:

> Is there a way to check if a variable is aliases to another? Example:
>
>   x <- list(a=1, b=2, c=3)
>   y <- .Alias(x)
>
> Can one tell that 'y' is an alias to another object? By the way, is it a
> correct statement to say that 'y' is aliased TO 'x', or is both 'x' and 'y'
> said to be aliased to an internal object?

The correct statement is that, since .Alias shouldn't be used, 'y' is not
aliased to 'x'.

You can't tell except in internal C code by checking that the objects are
pointers to the same place.


	-thomas

Thomas Lumley			Asst. Professor, Biostatistics
tlumley at u.washington.edu	University of Washington, Seattle

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