[R] Distinguishing variables from functions with the same name

[Stavros Macrakis]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Berwin A Turlach
<berwin at maths.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:11:28 -0500
> Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> Where would it be advisable to use anything but mode='any' or
>> mode='function'?
>
> I guess the answer to this question is more often than not in the source. :)
...
> The first few hits seem to indicate examples where it is necessary
> to look specifically for a list.

Well, the presence of a construction in code is interesting, but
doesn't answer the question of whether it is *advisable* to write code
this way...!

            -s