R devel - Apr 2007 - bquote(function(x,y) T) (PR#9602)

> quote(function(x, y) T)
function(x, y) T
> bquote(function(x, y) T)
function(, y) T
> eval(.Last.value)
Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : invalid formal argument list for
"function"
> R.version
               _
platform       i386-pc-mingw32
arch           i386
os             mingw32
system         i386, mingw32
status
major          2
minor          4.1
year           2006
month          12
day            18
svn rev        40228
language       R
version.string R version 2.4.1 (2006-12-18)


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This is already different in 2.5.0 alpha.

It is not clear what the bug was supposed to be, but if it was in bquote() 
it was already fixed.


On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, felix at nfrac.org wrote:
>> quote(function(x, y) T)
> function(x, y) T
>
>> bquote(function(x, y) T)
> function(, y) T
>
>> eval(.Last.value)
> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : invalid formal argument list for
"function"
>
>> R.version
>               _
> platform       i386-pc-mingw32
> arch           i386
> os             mingw32
> system         i386, mingw32
> status
> major          2
> minor          4.1
> year           2006
> month          12
> day            18
> svn rev        40228
> language       R
> version.string R version 2.4.1 (2006-12-18)
>
>
>
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