[R] Return a list

[hadley wickham]

> it depends on what the original author wanted.
>
> with constructs a new environment, and all assignments, if any, made in
> the expression evaluated within with are invisible to the outside
> (unless one plays with environments, again):
>
> x = 1:10
> a = 3
> with(test(), { x[1:3] = c(a,b,c); x = x+d; a = a + 1 })
> x # still 1:10, whatever test returns
> a # still 3. whatever test returns
>
> if the author wanted the values included in the list to be visible and
> accessible by simple names, and used in assignments in a larger part of
> code, using with might be inconvenient.

What about within ?

Hadley

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