R devel - Sep 2003 - another dump/source problem? (PR#4364)

Peter Kleiweg wrote:
> Is this a bug?
Yes.  If you look inside the saved file it contains

	..., call = dist(x = USArrests), ...

When this is reread, an attempt is made to evaluate the call.
Some kind of quoting is needed.
> I do this:
> 
>     library(mva)
>     data(USArrests)
>     d <- dist(USArrests)
>     dump("d", "tst")
>     q()
> 
> I restart R and do this:
> 
>     source("tst")
> 
> And I get:
> 
>     Error in as.matrix(x) : Object "USArrests" not found


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