R help - May 2008 - proto naming clash?

Trying to learn Proto. This threw me:

#startup r...
> > library(proto)
> a <- proto(x=10)
> a$x
[1] 10
> x <- proto(x=100)
> x$x
Error in get("x", env = x, inherits = TRUE) : invalid 'envir'
argument
> 
Do I simply need to be careful to name proto objects and proto components
uniquely? Is this the desired behavior for proto objects?

Thanks.
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On May 15, 2008, at 1:24 PM, David Katz wrote:
>
> Trying to learn Proto. This threw me:
>
> #startup r...
>>> library(proto)
>> a <- proto(x=10)
>> a$x
> [1] 10
>> x <- proto(x=100)
>> x$x
> Error in get("x", env = x, inherits = TRUE) : invalid
'envir' argument
>>
>
> Do I simply need to be careful to name proto objects and proto  
> components
> uniquely? Is this the desired behavior for proto objects?
The problem was just with naming a proto object "x", it has nothing  
to do with the names of its components. It has been fixed in the  
newer version:

http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e4/help/08/01/0205.html

So you should just need to update the proto package.
> Thanks.
Haris Skiadas
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Hanover College