[Rd] Surpising behavior when using an active binding as loop index in R 4.0.0

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

Hi,

I stumbled upon a surprising behavior when using an active binding as a
loop index variable in R 4.0.0. In contrast, the behavior observed in R
3.6.1 is in line with my expectations.

Consider the code below:

makeActiveBinding("i", 
	function(value) {
		if (missing(value)) {
			x
	} else {
		print("set")
		x <<- value
	}
	}, globalenv())

i <- 1     # output "set"
print(i)   # output [1] 1

# Surprising behavior starts here:
for(i in 2:3) print(i) # output [1] "set"
                       #        NULL
                       #        NULL

print(i)               # output NULL
print(x)               # output NULL

i <- 4                 # output "set"
print(i)               # ouput [1] 4
print(x)               # ouput [1] 4

Regards
Thomas

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