[R] interaction of options(error=) and try()

[Luke Tierney]

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Vadim Ogranovich wrote:

> Dear R-Users,
> 
> I am somewhat confused by the interplay between options(error=) and try(). I
> set my error handler to an expression that dumps the frames and quits. Yet,
> I thought that this handler would NOT be invoked if an error happens within
> try(). Apparently it was. Here is the code that I ran as R BATCH:

The current implementation of try does not override the error handler
setting provided in options.  This will change when a more
sophisticated error handling mechanism currently under development is
released.  For now I thnk your only option is to disable your error
handler around the try.

luke

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