If you want to write really confusing code it is possible to do: `1` <- 2
`1` + 1 and things like that, but it is probably a good idea not to. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Rolf Turner <rolf.tur...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > On 29/06/13 02:54, John Fox wrote: > >> Dear Duncan and Steve, >> >> Since Steve's example raises it, I've never understood why it's legal to >> change the built-in global "constants" in R, including T and F. That just >> seems to me to set a trap for users. Why not treat these as reserved >> symbols, like TRUE, Inf, etc.? >> > > I rather enjoy being able to set > > pi <- 3 > > :-) > > cheers, > > Rolf Turner > > > ______________________________**________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** > posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. 538...@gmail.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
