[Rd] can we override "if" in R?

[Da Zheng]

Thanks.
Can I override it for a specific class?
I can do that for operators such as "!". For example, "!.fm" works for
objects of the class "fm".
It seems I can't do the same for "if".

Best,
Da

On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can. Perhaps needless to say, be careful with this.
>
> ❯ `if` <- function(...) FALSE
> ❯ if (TRUE) TRUE else FALSE
> [1] FALSE
>
> G.
>
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Da Zheng <zhengda1936 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I heard we can override almost everything in R. Is it possible to
>> override "if" keyword in R to evaluate my own object instead of a
>> logical value?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Da
>>
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