[R] 'closure' (was "stats:: spline's method could not be monoH.FC")

[Mark Leeds]

Hi Richard: I didn't say it was and didn't mean to imply it.  All I said is
that it was an example of where "not understanding environments"  can lead
to errors that won't be understood by the person experiencing them. It just
so happens that the use of  "environment(f) <- " can lead to a solution but
there
are other solutions and it was not my intention to talk about the various
solutions. Only that it can be helpful if one understands the notion of
environments in R.








On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 12:42 AM Richard O'Keefe <raoknz using gmail.com> wrote:

> That example is NOT an example of "messing around with environments."
>
> On Thu, 7 May 2020 at 15:36, Mark Leeds <markleeds2 using gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Abby: I agree with you because below is a perfect example of where
> not understanding environments causes a somewhat
> > mysterious problem. Chuck Berry explains it in a follow up  email.
> >
> >
> https://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/issues-with-environment-handling-in-model-frame-td4762855.html
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 11:28 PM Abby Spurdle <spurdle.a using gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > If you want to mess around with the environment of a
> >> > function, then you need to understand this stuff, but you probably
> >> > shouldn't do that.
> >>
> >> What exactly do you mean?
> >>
> >> Are you implying that a user should not use environments?
> >> In which case, I would disagree.
> >>
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