Bug? using { as a function in lapply

Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at myway.com> writes:
Thanks for pointing out that this is already fixed in the upcoming 
version of R.
It isn't. Look closer.

I'm not sure this qualifies as a bug though. It boils down to
f <- function(...){...}
f()
Error in f() : ... used in an incorrect context

This doesn't work in S-PLUS either:
f <- function(...){...}
f()
Problem in f(): "..." may only be used as an argument in a call
Use traceback() to see the call stack

But S(-PLUS) doesn't actually have a function "{", it's part of syntax
but not actually put into functions (and if R had better deparsing,
may it could do likewise).

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Witold Eryk Wolski <wolski <at> molgen.mpg.de> writes:

: 
: Hi,
: 
:  > "{" <- function(x,y)y
:  > "{"(1,9)
: [1] 9
:  > lapply(1:2, "{", 9)
: [[1]]
: [1] 9
: 
: [[2]]
: [1] 9
: 
:  > R.version.string
: [1] "R version 2.0.0, 2004-09-20"
: 
: /E
: 
: Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
: 
: >This seems like a bug to me.  Can someone verify this?  
: >
: >First we define a function f that returns its second argument and 
: >lapply it to 1:2 using 9 as the second argument and all seems well.
: >
: >Note that "{" as a function does the same thing as f, as illustrated 
: >with f(1,9) and "{"(1,9); however, when we attempt to use "{" in the 
: >very same way we used f in lapply, we get an error message about ... 
: >being used in an incorrect context, as shown.
: >
: >I am using R on windows with the version shown at the end.
: >
: >
: >R> f <- function(x,y)y
: >R> f(1,9)
: >[1] 9
: >R> lapply(1:2, f, 9)
: >[[1]]
: >[1] 9
: >
: >[[2]]
: >[1] 9
: > 
: >R> "{"(1,9)
: >[1] 9
: >R> lapply(1:2, "{", 9)
: >Error in lapply(1:2, "{", 9) : ... used in an incorrect context
: >
: >R> R.version.string
: >[1] "R version 1.9.1, 2004-08-03"
: >
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Bug? using { as a function in lapply

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