[R] Scope

Charilaos Skiadas skiadas at hanover.edu
Fri Feb 9 07:18:31 CET 2007


On Feb 8, 2007, at 4:52 PM, Roger Bivand wrote:
> Assigning to
> the global environment will overwrite objects unless one is  
> careful, and
> even with years of experience only seems worth considering when no
> feasible alternative exists; on consideration, alternatives usually
> appear.

Or to paraphrase fortune(106):

	If the answer is global variables, then you should usually rethink  
the question.

Haris



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