library("nlme") ## PR#18157 mygnls <- function (mydata) gnls(weight ~ SSlogis(Time, Asym, xmid, scal), data = mydata) fm1 <- mygnls(Soybean) # failed in 3.1-153 with ## Error in stats::nls(formula = weight ~ SSlogis(Time, Asym, xmid, scal), : ## object 'mydata' not found ## similarly, each of the following calls of ## nlme.formula(), nlsList.selfStart(), nlme.nlsList() ## using a self-starting model with local data would fail in 3.1-153 with ## Error in is.data.frame(data) : object 'mydata' not found local({ mydata <- subset(Loblolly, Seed < "307") fm2 <- nlme(height ~ SSasymp(age, Asym, R0, lrc), data = mydata, random = Asym ~ 1) fml <- nlsList(SSasymp, data = mydata) fm3 <- nlme(fml, random = Asym ~ 1) }) ## look for data in the parent frame, not in nlme's namespace groupedData <- Orthodont m3 <- lme(distance ~ age, data = groupedData, random = ~1 | Subject) augPred(m3, length.out = 2) ## gave Error: data in 'm3' call must evaluate to a data frame simulate(m3, m2 = list(random = ~ age | Subject), seed = 42, method = "ML") ## gave Error: 'data' must be a data.frame, environment, or list rm(groupedData) ## PR#15892: formula.gls and formula.lme evaluated the call (in bad scope) ## same for predict.lme invisible(lapply(list(gls, lme), function (FUN) { form <- follicles ~ 1 model <- FUN(form, Ovary) stopifnot(identical(formula(model), form)) stopifnot(all.equal(predict(model, newdata = Ovary[1,]), fitted(model)[1], check.attributes = FALSE)) })) ## first gave Error in eval(x$call$model) : object 'form' not found ## second gave Error in eval(mCall$fixed) : object 'form' not found ## Subject: [Bug 18559] New: nlme -> anova doesn't handle symbolic formulas nicely ## Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2023 --- by Ben Bolker formula <- height ~ a*exp(-b*age) fm1 <- nlme(formula, data = Loblolly, fixed = a + b ~ 1, random = a ~ 1, start = c(a = 100, b = 1)) ## "same" for gnls: fmGnl <- gnls(formula, data = Loblolly, start = c(a = 100, b = 1)) stopifnot(exprs = { identical(formula(fm1), formula) ## was equal to stats::formula (!) identical(getResponseFormula(fm1), ~height) identical(formula(fmGnl), formula) # was stats::formula identical(getResponseFormula(fmGnl), ~height) }) ## similarly for self-starting models: formula <- height ~ SSasymp(age, Asym, R0, lrc) fm2 <- nlme(formula, data = Loblolly, fixed = Asym + R0 + lrc ~ 1, random = Asym ~ 1) ## nlme <= 3.1-164 failed with Error in x$formula : ## object of type 'symbol' is not subsettable stopifnot(identical(formula(fm2), formula))