[R] How do I obtain the current active path of a function that's being called?

[Greg Snow]

You can use the debug, fix, or edit functions to insert break points
into the version of the function in memory without needing to edit the
original source code.

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Michael <comtech.usa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks so much for your help!
>
> I'd like but however I couldn't provide the code since they are not in
> public domain...
>
> But lets imagine I inherited a big pile of R projects/codes from other
> people and there are lots of "source"s in the programs.
>
> And there are many definitions of function "A" in the directories.
>
> I wanted to put a breakpoint into the relavant function "A" that's
> currently in the workspace, i.e. the one I am using...
>
> To insert a breakpoint, I need to find its location in the file system... I
> need to find where it is...
>
> Simply searching by the name in the file system gave lots of hits...
>
> Thank you!
>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Andrew Miles <rstuff.miles at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can you provide an example of the code file that you use to call the
>> different functions?  Without that it might be hard for people to answer
>> your question.
>>
>> Offhand, I'd say that it is whatever version of function A was called
>> last.  If you are loading functions into the workspace, they are treated as
>> any other object, which is to say that you can only have one function of
>> the same name at a time.  Hence whenever you call a source file to load in
>> function A, the old function A gets overwritten.
>>
>> Andrew Miles
>>
>>
>> On Jun 5, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Michael wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > How do I obtain the current active path of a function that's being
>> called?
>> >
>> > That's to say, I have several source files and they all contain
>> definition
>> > of function A.
>> >
>> > I would like to figure out which function A and from which file is the
>> one
>> > that's being called and is currently active?
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot!
>> >
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