If you want to write really confusing code it is possible to do:

`1` <- 2

`1` + 1

and things like that, but it is probably a good idea not to.


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Rolf Turner <rolf.turner@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> On 29/06/13 02:54, John Fox wrote:
>
>> Dear Duncan and Steve,
>>
>> Since Steve's example raises it, I've never understood why it's legal to
>> change the built-in global "constants" in R, including T and F. That just
>> seems to me to set a trap for users. Why not treat these as reserved
>> symbols, like TRUE, Inf, etc.?
>>
>
> I rather enjoy being able to set
>
>     pi <- 3
>
> :-)
>
>     cheers,
>
>         Rolf Turner
>
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