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deparse() and the 'else' statement

2 messages · Yihui Xie, Duncan Murdoch

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Yihui Xie
# 
Hi all,

It is recommended in ?'if' that we use 'else' right after '}' instead
of starting a new line, but I noticed deparse() will separate '}' and
'else' when the 'if...else' clause is used inside {...} (e.g. function
body). Here is an example:

## if/else inside {}
structure(expression(function() {
    if (TRUE) {
        1
    }
    else {
        2
    }
}), srcfile = <environment>)
## no {}
structure(expression(if (TRUE) {
    1
} else {
    2
}), srcfile = <environment>)

I wonder if there is a way to let 'else' stay with '}' when deparsing
the expression. Thanks!
R version 2.10.0 (2009-10-26)
i386-pc-mingw32

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=Chinese_People's Republic of China.936
[2] LC_CTYPE=Chinese_People's Republic of China.936
[3] LC_MONETARY=Chinese_People's Republic of China.936
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=Chinese_People's Republic of China.936

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] animation_1.0-8 MASS_7.3-3

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_2.10.0

Regards,
Yihui
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Yihui Xie <xieyihui at gmail.com>
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Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
3211 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA
Duncan Murdoch
#
On 09/11/2009 4:20 PM, Yihui Xie wrote:
No, there isn't.  You're welcome to submit a well-tested patch, but 
please accompany it with a stronger argument in its favour.  Just 
because humans are advised to type their code one way doesn't mean R 
should, as long as it parses correctly.

Duncan Murdoch