Built in function not modifying in place (address changing unexpectedly)

Asked Jan 29 '18 at 17:50

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In Advanced r (section 6.5.2 Replacement Functions) it's stated that as opposed to a replacement function, built in functions implemented using primitive will modify in place (the address should stay the same after modification).

I don't find that to be the case, has this changed? or are my tired eyes doing something wrong?

library(pryr)
x <- 1:10
pryr::address(x)
x[3] <- 7L
pryr::address(x)

asked Jan 29 '18 at 17:50

Preston

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If you are not using Rstudio, let me know and I can re-open the question. Otherwise it's a duplicate. – MrFlick Jan 29 '18 at 18:45
@MrFlick That responds perfectly to my question- thanks – Preston Jan 29 '18 at 22:54

Built in function not modifying in place (address changing unexpectedly)

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