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2011 Apr 09
2
Wish there were a "strict mode" for R interpreter. What about You?
...run into trouble because they use the same name for things
inside and outside of functions. When they call functions that have
mistaken or undefined references to names that they use elsewhere,
then variables that are in the environment are accidentally used. Know
what I mean?
dat <- whatever
someNewFunction <- function(z, w){
#do something with z and w and create a new "dat"
# but forget to name it "dat"
lm (y, x, data=dat)
# lm just used wrong data
}
I wish R had a strict mode to return an error in that case. Users
don't realize they are getting nonsense becau...