R devel - Jan 2004 - help command without parenthesis (PR#6447)

Full_Name: Ville Rapa
Version: R 1.8.1 (2003-11-21)
OS: linux  debian sarge
Submission from: (NULL) (193.65.112.51)


Prints code to the console. To reproduce the problem type help without
parenthesis. Below is the output of my console. 
> help
function (topic, offline = FALSE, package = .packages(), lib.loc = NULL,
    verbose = getOption("verbose"), try.all.packages
getOption("help.try.all.packages"),
    html

And where is the bug?

Typing the name of an R object at the console prints the value of the 
object.  That seems to be what you have, the beginnings of the value of 
the function `help'.

Have you read the FAQ about what constitutes a bug?  This is the 
documented behaviour.

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 mrapa@cs.joensuu.fi wrote:
> Full_Name: Ville Rapa
> Version: R 1.8.1 (2003-11-21)
> OS: linux  debian sarge
> Submission from: (NULL) (193.65.112.51)
> 
> 
> Prints code to the console. To reproduce the problem type help without
> parenthesis. Below is the output of my console. 
> 
> > help
> function (topic, offline = FALSE, package = .packages(), lib.loc = NULL,
>     verbose = getOption("verbose"), try.all.packages >
getOption("help.try.all.packages"),
>     html
and more.

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