R/list.R

In ggrothendieck/gsubfn: Utilities for Strings and Function Arguments

list <- structure(NA,class="result")
"[<-.result" <- function(x,...,value) {
   args <- as.list(match.call())
   args <- args[-c(1:2,length(args))]
   length(value) <- length(args)
   for(i in seq(along=args)) {
     a <- args[[i]]
     if(!missing(a)) eval.parent(substitute(a <- v,list(a=a,v=value[[i]])))
   }
   x
}