R devel - Mar 2001 - User defined assignment function ignores argument names (PR#888)

Full_Name: Jeff Hallman
Version: 1.2.2
OS: Solaris
Submission from: (NULL) (132.200.32.33)


"boink<-" <- function(x, a = 1, b = 2, value){
    print(match.call())
    x
}
> z <- 1
> boink(z, b = 4) <- 22
boink<-(x = *tmp*, a = 4, value = 22)
>
     
Shouldn't it have matched the 4 to b, not a?



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jhallman@frb.gov writes:
> "boink<-" <- function(x, a = 1, b = 2, value){
>     print(match.call())
>     x
> }
> 
> > z <- 1
> > boink(z, b = 4) <- 22
> boink<-(x = *tmp*, a = 4, value = 22)
> >
>      
> Shouldn't it have matched the 4 to b, not a?
Yes. Fixed for 1.2.3

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