Message-ID: <CABcYAdKcVEQOMXdXnmR6+SBWu8S+DJD10Mx+FbJGE3FBNwqFyQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2020-05-07T04:41:53Z
From: Richard O'Keefe
Subject: 'closure' (was "stats:: spline's method could not be monoH.FC")
In-Reply-To: <CAHz+bWZYZOof=gpVzNV3Rvp5Jtmp7+xk5N3BfyG57w=mtPVBfw@mail.gmail.com>
That example is NOT an example of "messing around with environments."
On Thu, 7 May 2020 at 15:36, Mark Leeds <markleeds2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Abby: I agree with you because below is a perfect example of where not understanding environments causes a somewhat
> mysterious problem. Chuck Berry explains it in a follow up email.
>
> https://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/issues-with-environment-handling-in-model-frame-td4762855.html
>
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 11:28 PM Abby Spurdle <spurdle.a at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > If you want to mess around with the environment of a
>> > function, then you need to understand this stuff, but you probably
>> > shouldn't do that.
>>
>> What exactly do you mean?
>>
>> Are you implying that a user should not use environments?
>> In which case, I would disagree.
>>
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