[Rd] attributes on symbols

[Torsten Hothorn]

Here is a simpler example:

> ex <- as.name("a")
> attr(ex, "test") <- 1
> quote(a)
a
attr(,"test")
[1] 1

Torsten

On Thu, 6 Jul 2017, William Dunlap wrote:

> The multcomp package has code in multcomp:::expression2coef that attaches the 'coef' attribute to
> symbols.  Since there is only one symbol object in a session with a given name, this means that
> this attaching has a global effect.  Should this be quietly allowed or should there be a warning or
> an error?
> E.g.,
> 
> str(quote(Education))
> # symbol Education
> lmod <- stats::lm(Fertility ~ ., data = datasets::swiss)
> glmod <- multcomp::glht(lmod, c("Agriculture=0", "Education=0"))
> str(quote(Education))
> # symbol Education
> # - attr(*, "coef")= num 1
> 
> Bill Dunlap
> TIBCO Software
> wdunlap tibco.com
> 
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