On Jun 30, 2013, at 14:35 , Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 13-06-29 11:58 PM, Greg Snow wrote:
>> 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.
>
> This is actually pretty simple, as the White Knight could tell you. `1` is
> what the name of 2 is called. The name really is "2". It's called "two",
> but that's only what it's called. It really is two.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
Don't you mean "1" and "one"? As in
> as.name("1")
`1`
-pd
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
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