[R] how to get a primitive function object

[Wacek Kusnierczyk]

Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>
> You can use parent.frame() as the pos or envir argument to assign(),
> and then the assignment happens in the caller's frame.  And assign()
> is also  another way out if you overwrite <- with something that
> doesn't work; just call it to reassign base::`<-` to it.  Or just
> rm(`<-`) to unhide the original one.

unless you have redefined rm as well, that is.

vQ