[Rcpp-devel] Unit Test Question Was: pnorm/qnorm?
Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
On 13 September 2012 at 09:48, Tim Triche, Jr. wrote: | Likewise, are there ever good reasons to use '<<-' or could that stand to | be retired too? Different discussion -- this is about the merits (or lack thereof) of global variables. We are getting rather off-topic now discussing R assignments and IDEs etc.
I agree that this is off-topic, but I wanted to make one final remark.? I.e., the assignment operator "<<-" is NOT used solely for global variables.? I think of it as an assignment in the enclosing environment, and it can safely and reasonably be used in closures.? E.g.: ??? http://www.lemnica.com/esotericR/Introducing-Closures/ -- Mike