Sorry, I am being a daft idiot again. Turns out that somehow I had an object FUN in my global environment, which explains why I didn't get the result I expected.
So please ignore my question and burn my mail on a stake. Cheers Joris On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Adrian Dușa <dusa.adr...@unibuc.ro> wrote: > I am not able to replicate this: > > > center <- function(x,FUN) FUN(x) > > center(1:10, mean) > [1] 5.5 > > mean <- 4 > > center(1:10, mean) > Error in center(1:10, mean) : could not find function "FUN" > > Using a fresh install of version 3.3.1 under MacOS, and tested before with > 3.3.0 with the same result. > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Joris Meys <jorism...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear gurus, >> >> I was utterly surprised to learn that one of my examples illustrating the >> need of match.fun() doesn't give me the expected result. >> >> center <- function(x,FUN) FUN(x) >> center(1:10, mean) >> mean <- 4 >> center(1:10, mean) >> >> Used to give me the error message "could not find function FUN". Now it >> just works, even though I didn't expect it to. I believe this is at least >> partially linked to a change in how R finds functions. >> >> Now I'm not sure any more whether match.fun() actually has any use any >> longer, and if so, in which cases it prevents things going wrong. >> >> I've tried to find an example where this went wrong, but couldn't find >> one. >> Any pointer to what happened here is greatly appreciated. I've checked the >> NEWS, but I'm not smart enough to find the relevant bits and piece it >> together. >> >> Thank you in advance >> Cheers >> Joris >> >> -- >> Joris Meys >> Statistical consultant >> >> Ghent University >> Faculty of Bioscience Engineering >> Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bio-Informatics >> >> tel : +32 (0)9 264 61 79 >> joris.m...@ugent.be >> ------------------------------- >> Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> > > > > -- > Adrian Dusa > University of Bucharest > Romanian Social Data Archive > Soseaua Panduri nr.90 > 050663 Bucharest sector 5 > Romania > -- Joris Meys Statistical consultant Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bio-Informatics tel : +32 (0)9 264 61 79 joris.m...@ugent.be ------------------------------- Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel