On Thu, 22 Dec 2011, Xavier Robin wrote:
> Dear experRts,
>
> I have the feeling that the 'name' argument to the attach function
is
> ignored when 'what' is a file name. Here is an example:
In current R (2.14.1) it is documented to not be used in that case
(and it is not).
> save(letters, file="letters.RData")
> letters.env <- attach("letters.RData",
name="letters")
> search()
> letters.env
>
> The name on the search path is "file:letters.RData". I would
expect it
> to be "letters"...
> Tested today with R-latest.
Whatever that is. This is not the 'at a minumum' information the
posting guide asked you for, and it expressly asked you not to use
inaccurate R version terminology.
> Is it by design? From the doc I read:
What 'doc', precisely, is that? This is not what ?attach in R 2.14.1
says.
>> name name to use for the attached database.
>> ...
>> The name given for the attached environment will be used by search and
can be used as the argument to as.environment.
>
> I don't see why that would be restricted when 'what' is a file
name.
>
> What do you think about it? Is it a bug or did I mis-read the doc?
It seems clear that there is a problem with your reading ... including
of the posting guide, which asked you to check the current version of
R *before posting*. And even check future versions of R (and you
might find that illuminating).
> Regards,
> Xavier
Did I mention the posting guide?
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