Wouldn't within.environment be identical to with.environment? > e <- new.env() > with(e, { One <- 1 ; Two <- 2+2i ; Theee <- One + Two }) > objects(e) [1] "One" "Theee" "Two" It might make the transition between lists and environments simpler if within.environment existed.
Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com > -----Original Message----- > From: r-devel-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf > Of Richard Cotton > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:51 PM > To: r-devel@r-project.org > Subject: [Rd] Why is there no within.environment function? > > If I want to assign some variables into an environment, it seems > natural to do something like > > e <- new.env() > within(e, > { > x <- 1:5 > y <- runif(5) > } > ) > > This throws an error, since within.environment doesn't exist. I > realise I can work around it using > > as.environment(within(as.list(e), > { > x <- 1:5 > y <- runif(5) > } > )) > > Just wondering why I can't use within directly with environments. > > -- > 4dpiecharts.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel