[R] Is there a test for .Alias?
tlumley at u.washington.edu
Thu Aug 2 17:29:21 CEST 2001
On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Is there a way to check if a variable is aliases to another? Example:
> x <- list(a=1, b=2, c=3)
> y <- .Alias(x)
> Can one tell that 'y' is an alias to another object? By the way, is it a
> correct statement to say that 'y' is aliased TO 'x', or is both 'x' and 'y'
> said to be aliased to an internal object?
The correct statement is that, since .Alias shouldn't be used, 'y' is not
aliased to 'x'.
You can't tell except in internal C code by checking that the objects are
pointers to the same place.
Thomas Lumley Asst. Professor, Biostatistics
tlumley at u.washington.edu University of Washington, Seattle
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