'as.name' doesn't recognize a name with its namespace extension as a name:
> as.name("lm") lm > as.name("stats::lm") `stats::lm` > as.name("stats:::lm") `stats:::lm` Is there a reason why it shouldn't? Pat -- Patrick Burns pbu...@pburns.seanet.com twitter: @burnsstat @portfolioprobe http://www.portfolioprobe.com/blog http://www.burns-stat.com (home of: 'Impatient R' 'The R Inferno' 'Tao Te Programming') ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel