On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 05:22:42PM -0400, Roger D. Peng wrote:
> I realize this thread is a bit old, but it only just came to my
> mind. What about using a function like
>
> commentOut <- function(expr) { invisible() }
>
> and then
>
> commentOut({
> a <- 10
> bladfkljasdlkfj()
> blah blah blah
> })
>
> Lazy evaluation prevents the expression from being evaluated so
> you don't have to worry about syntatic correctness. And it nests
> too (I believe).
This doesn't work too well, unfortunately. Firstly the argument(s) of
commentOut are still parsed, so if there is a syntax error (which creates
a problem during parsing), execution is halted. Furthermore, while
a series of statements (separated by newlines or semicolons) is not
acceptable as a function argument, so this approach is limited to
commenting out pieces that represent single expressions.
Best regards, Jan
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