Call objects don't always behave as you'd expect. They're mostly
list-like, but with exceptions:
> f<-function(x,y,...)match.call(expand.dots=FALSE)
> xx <- f(y=1,2,z=3,4)
> dd <- xx$...
> xx$... <- NULL
> c(xx,dd)
[[1]]
f(x = 2, y = 1)
$z
[1] 3
[[3]]
[1] 4
> as.call(c(as.list(xx),dd))
f(x = 2, y = 1, z = 3, 4)
(Splus has this rather differently, since dd becomes a call to list()
rather than a list of promises:
S> c(xx,dd)
f(x = 2, y = 1, list, z = 3, 4)
S> as.call(c(as.list(xx),dd))
f(x = 2, y = 1, list, z = 3, 4)
..but at least gives the same in both cases)
Also, the names of arguments added with [[<- is getting dropped if a
new element is required:
> xx[["abc"]]<-123
> xx
f(x = 2, y = 1, 123)
S has what I'd expect there:
S> xx[["abc"]]<-123
S> xx
f(x = 2, y = 1, abc = 123)
[R-0.99.0 prerelease on RedHat6.1, but this is likely not a new thing.]
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