[R] more environment questions

[Gabor Grothendieck]

No but look at proto since I suspect the creation
of proto objects is basically what you are trying
to do through the back door.  Home page:

http://r-proto.googlecode.com

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Edna Bell <edna.bell01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to set the environment within a function,,  please?
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Gabor Grothendieck
> <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
>> e1 <- ...
>> creates a new environment e1
>>
>> environment(e1)
>> does nothing
>>
>> print(environment(e1))
>> print environment e1
>>
>> By the way, if you are doing a lot of manipulations of environments
>> you might want to look at the proto package which reframes the
>> whole thing in terms of object oriented programming.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Edna Bell <edna.bell01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi R Gurus:
>>>
>>> Here is some code that I was experimenting with, please:
>>>
>>>> f1 <- function(x) {
>>> + e1 <- new.env(parent=.GlobalEnv)
>>> + environment(e1)
>>> + print(environment())
>>> + return(mean(x))
>>> + }
>>>> f1(1:15)
>>> <environment: 0x02525444>
>>> [1] 8
>>>>
>>>
>>> My question:  why isn't the environment within the function set to e1, please?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Edna Bell
>>>
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