[Rd] Redundant code in 'split.default' in R devel

Martin Maechler m@echler @ending from @t@t@m@th@ethz@ch
Mon Oct 8 12:53:22 CEST 2018


>>>>> Suharto Anggono via R-devel 
>>>>>     on Fri, 5 Oct 2018 17:13:30 +0000 writes:

> After r75387, function 'split.default' in R devel still has this part that no longer has effect.

>     lf <- levels(f)
>     y <- vector("list", length(lf))
>     names(y) <- lf

Indeed  -->   removed now.

Thank you very much, Suharto!
Martin

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"Exercise" (tongue in cheek) to the reader:

Write a "code walker" (an R function itself) that takes an
argument 'expr', which is an R expression (think of a *body* of a
function 'f')  and is able to  mark e.g.  warn about  such
"dead" code in 'expr' (and hence in function 'f' ...)  --- with 
the important underlying assumption that all functions that are
called inside 'f' have "no side effects".



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