[R] Get message "cannot do complex assignments in base namespace" error

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Thon de Boer wrote:

> Thanks for the fast reply.
> 
> When I use --vanilla for Rterm.exe (Using windows
> here) I do not get the problem anymore, so that solved
> half my problems. Thanks (I had used --slave --no-save
> --no-restore)
> 
> But I seem to have the problem of getting the error
> message "cannot do complex assignments in base
> namespace" when I try to run Rgui.exe.

The following is the critical piece of information you omitted
in your first post.

[...]

> I had to resort to setting the R script as the
> R_PROFILE environment variable to force Rgui to start
> the R script I give it.

That's your problem, and it is bad practice.  ?Startup does explain why 
you needed to use local().

You are misusing the site profile; you could equally have used a user 
profile or .First or .... 

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