Distinguishing variables from functions with the same name
Stavros Macrakis wrote:
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Berwin A Turlach <berwin at maths.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:11:28 -0500
Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
Where would it be advisable to use anything but mode='any' or
mode='function'?
I guess the answer to this question is more often than not in the source. :)
...
The first few hits seem to indicate examples where it is necessary
to look specifically for a list.
Well, the presence of a construction in code is interesting, but doesn't answer the question of whether it is *advisable* to write code this way...!
... it doesn't even say if it really made sense in those cases, i.e., whether there was no better solution. vQ