[R] static vs. lexical scope

Francesco Ariis |@-m| @end|ng |rom @r||@@|t
Mon Oct 21 01:43:47 CEST 2019


Hello everyone again,
    I much appreciated the explanations.

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 11:02:42AM +0200, Francesco Ariis wrote:
> Maybe the Introduction should link to it (or similar page) with text
> "In case you are interest in the difference between static and lexical
> scope, check this explanation"?

Is any R-dev thinking about this?
I feel the nomenclature from the World Outside won't change any soon:
"Lexical scoping is also called static scoping." [1]

[1] http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse341/08au/general-concepts/scoping.html



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