Hi Ben,
>>>>> "BB" == Ben Bolker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:08:16 -0400 writes:
BB> optim ignores misspelled control parameters, so that
BB> trying to set (e.g.) "maxint=1000" in the control
BB> argument silently does nothing. The patch below (watch
BB> out for line breaks! also posted at
BB> http://www.zoo.ufl.edu/bolker/optim_patch.R , and
BB> http://www.zoo.ufl.edu/bolker/optim_new.R) adds three
BB> lines to optim.R that issue a warning if any names of
BB> elements of "control" fail to match the internal object
BB> that contains the defaults.
such a small change makes a lot of sense to me.
BB> Here is code that shows the behavior:
[........]
BB> I realize this is probably too late for feature
BB> freeze for 2.7.0 (?), but I'd appreciate any comments
BB> ...
I'd say this is a bug fix and not a new feature, so there's
plenty of time for 2.7.0.
I'm about to commit it (i.e. a slightly more compact version).
Thank you, Ben!
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
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