R devel - Dec 2009 - error in help.search (PR#14113)

Full_Name: Doug Grove
Version: 2.10.0   10-26-2009
OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Submission from: (NULL) (140.107.164.65)


Hi,

Looks like the revisions to help.search didn't get completely finished.

When the user specifies the argument 'package' the code doesn't
define the
variable 'paths' prior to trying to use it, which obviously produces an
error.

The code dies when it reaches the line: 
   tot <- length(paths)

Just search on any string and specify and package and you'll get the error.

Thanks,
Doug

On 04/12/2009 5:40 PM, dgrove at fhcrc.org wrote:
> Full_Name: Doug Grove
> Version: 2.10.0   10-26-2009
> OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> Submission from: (NULL) (140.107.164.65)
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Looks like the revisions to help.search didn't get completely finished.
> 
> When the user specifies the argument 'package' the code doesn't
define the
> variable 'paths' prior to trying to use it, which obviously
produces an error.
That was a typo:  it should have been looking at package_paths, not paths.
> 
> The code dies when it reaches the line: 
>    tot <- length(paths)
> 
> Just search on any string and specify and package and you'll get the
error.
Will fix.

Duncan Murdoch