On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Thomas Lumley wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, weihong wrote:
> >> program
> > function(dataset)
> > {
> > tmp<-glm(weta~1, family=poisson, data=dataset)
> > tmp.f<-step(tmp,~.+jd)
> > }
> >
> > When I run program(data) in 1.9.0, an error message appears:
> >
> > Error in model.frame.default(formula = WETA ~ jd, data = dataset,
> > drop.unused.levels = TRUE) :
> > Object "dataset" not found
>
> Yes, it looks as though add1.glm is not putting the environment
> information in the same place that model.frame.glm is looking for it.
>
> add1.glm sets up an empty shell of a glm object and calls model.frame.glm,
> but model.frame.glm uses the $terms component to specify the environment,
> and add1.glm doesn't give a $terms component. Presumably at some time in
> the past model.frame.glm used the $call$formula component instead.
Previously it just ignored the environment of the formula, which was not
part of the search when it and add1.glm were originally written.
($call$formula has no environment.) It needs updating (and probably
drop1.glm too).
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