Message-ID: <4995B415.6030702@idi.ntnu.no>
Date: 2009-02-13T17:55:33Z
From: Wacek Kusnierczyk
Subject: Distinguishing variables from functions with the same name
In-Reply-To: <8b356f880902130952v4d319398u40551e4190f39bb3@mail.gmail.com>
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