[R] 'options=utils::recover' not working in .Rprofile or within R

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 29/05/2009 11:45 PM, Mark Kimpel wrote:
> For years I have been using options(error = recover) either in .Rprofile or
> from within R for debugging purposes. The functionality of this appears to
> have changed and I can't recover it (no pun intended) using the ?options
> help page. How can I get the old functionality back, particularly from
> within .Rprofile? A specific line entry would be appreciated. An example,
> the help page, and sessionInfo() follow. Thanks, Mark

I don't think there were any substantial changes in 2.9.0, so I would 
guess that you have a local object named "recover" or "options", and it 
is causing your  problems.  When I run options(error=recover) and your 
two lines below, I get this output:

 > options(error=recover)
 > b.func <- function(x) {y <- x + 2; nonsense; y}
 > b.func(3)
Error in b.func(3) : object 'nonsense' not found

Enter a frame number, or 0 to exit

1: b.func(3)

Selection: 0
 >

which is what you wanted.

To put this into your .Rprofile, you need to use utils::recover (the 
utils package hasn't been attached yet).  That also works for me.

There have been changes to recover in R-devel,

Duncan Murdoch


> 
> b.func <- function(x) {y <- x + 2; nonsense; y}
>> b.func(3)
> Error in b.func(3) : object 'nonsense' not found ## in the past this would
> be a menu with numbers for what level I want to go to (in this case just 1)
> 
> This help page states:
> 'error': either a function or an expression governing the handling
>           of non-catastrophic errors such as those generated by 'stop'
>           as well as by signals and internally detected errors... The
>           functions 'dump.frames' and 'recover' provide alternatives
>           that allow post-mortem debugging.  Note that these need to
>           specified as e.g. 'options=utils::recover' in startup files
>           such as '.Rprofile'.
> 
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17)
> x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> 
> locale:
> LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  utils     methods   base
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