[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Full_Name: Robert Denham
> Version: R-2.4.1
> OS: Windows Xp
> Submission from: (NULL) (61.88.57.1)
>
>
> R gui exits without warning when I run a function which has an argument with a
> default that is not found.
>
> This was a result of an error in a function I wrote, but I thought that it
> should exit more gracefully than it does. Here is an example:
>
>
> testfun <- function(aa=aa) {
> aa <- lm(y~x,data=aa)
> return(aa)
> }
>
> testfun() #R then exits.
>
> Note that
>
> testfun <- function(aa=bb) {
> aa <- lm(y~x,data=aa)
> return(aa)
> }
>
> works as it should, giving "object bb not found".
>
>
This seems reproducible on Linux, except that it goes into an infinite
loop. The lm call seems to be the real culprit:
> testfun <- function(aa=aa) return(aa)
> testfun()
Error in testfun() : recursive default argument reference
> testfun <- function(aa=aa) lm(x~y,data=aa)
> testfun()
(*poof*)
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