A potential solution, at least in terms of producing the desired output, is the base R function alist:> alist(1+2, "a", rnorm(3))[[1]] 1 + 2 [[2]] [1] "a" [[3]] rnorm(3)> str(alist(1+2, "a", rnorm(3)))List of 3 ?$ : language 1 + 2 ?$ : chr "a" ?$ : language rnorm(3) luke [[alternative HTML version deleted]]