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I'm just back from a computer practical where we ran into > "f" <- function(x) 2(x^2) # for 2 * x^2 This definition was taken as legitimate, although using the function generated the error message > f(3) Error in f(3) : attempt to apply non-function Am I right in thinking that in prevous versions of R this definition would have been declared as a syntax error? Surely a