R/attachFormals.R

In GladiaTOX: R Package for Processing High Content Screening data

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.attachFormals <- function(fun, envir=NULL) {
    if (is.null(envir)) envir <- parent.frame()
    f <- formals(deparse(substitute(fun)))
    f <- lapply(f, function(x) if(!is(x, "name")) eval(x) else x)
    mapply(assign, names(f), f, MoreArgs=list(envir=envir))
    NULL
}