mvbutils (version 2.8.232)

local.return: Macro-like functions

Description

In an mlocal function, local.return should be used whenever return is called, wrapped inside the return call around the return arguments.

Usage

local.return(...) # Don't use it like this!
# Correct usage: return( local.return( ...))

Arguments

...

named and unnamed list, handled the same way as return before R 1.8, or as returnList

See Also

mlocal

Examples

# NOT RUN {
ffin <- function( nlocal=sys.parent()) mlocal( return( local.return( a)))
ffout <- function( a) ffin()
ffout( 3) # 3
# whereas:
ffin <- function( nlocal=sys.parent()) mlocal( return( a))
ffout( 3) # NULL; "return" alone doesn't work
# }