[R] call by reference

guillet at stat.ucl.ac.be guillet at stat.ucl.ac.be
Wed Dec 20 10:11:25 CET 2006


> Can you tell us what you want to do with 'pass/call by reference'?
>
> If you want an R function to alter its argument then it is possible
> (KalmanLike is an example), but it should only be possible via C code.
> And if you know enough to do that, you probably would not be asking (and
> definitely not be asking on R-help rather than R-devel).
>
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, biter bilen wrote:
>
>> Can anyone help me about pass by reference of arguments in R functions?
>>
>> I have read about .Alias in base package however it is defunct and there
>> is no replacement for it.
>
> That's not a fair summary of the help entry for .Alias.
>
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