feat : added condition to check the RHS of := #6742
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| @@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ replace_dot_alias = function(e) { | |||
| warningf("nomatch isn't relevant together with :=, ignoring nomatch") | |||
| nomatch=NULL | |||
| } | |||
| if (length(jsub) >= 3L && is.function(jsub[[3L]])) { | |||
| stopf("the right hand side of := should be a vector, list, data.frame, function or call, not a function,to store a function wrap it in a list: DT[, newcol := list(myfun)]") | |||
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this is self-contradictory "should be a ...function or call, not a function..." please clarify/fix.
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The actual error message will be:
"The right-hand side of := should be a vector, list, or data.frame, not a function. To store a function, wrap it in a list: DT[, newcol := list(myfun)]"
Can you confirm if this implementation is correct? When I run the test to check it, the following error is displayed:
Test 2306.2 produced 1 errors but expected 0
Expected:
Observed: invalid type/length (closure/3) in vector allocation
This error is for the test:
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DT = data.table(x = 1:3)
test(2306.2, DT[, y := list(mean)], data.table(x = 1:3, y = list(mean, mean, mean)))
I cannot figure out where this observed error is coming from.
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if (length(jsub) >= 3L && is.function(jsub[[3L]])) {
stopf("the right hand side of := should be a vector, list, data.frame, or function call. To store a raw function, wrap it in a list: DT[, newcol := list(myfun)]")
}
the intent should be:
- Raw functions shouldn't be assigned directly as column values
- Functions should be wrapped in a list when being assigned
- Function calls (like mean(x)) are allowed
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@venom1204 fix at your own convenience
Closes #5829.
I have added a condition to validate the right-hand side (RHS) of the := operator. If the RHS is a standalone function, an error is raised with an informative message guiding the user to wrap the function in a list if it is intended to be stored.
@tdhock, could you please review this and let me know for further improvements or additional scenarios that I should do?thank you.