1\name{prt.DEBUG} 2\alias{prt.DEBUG} 3\title{Utility Printing in DEBUG mode} 4\description{ 5 This is \bold{defunct} now: 6 The global \code{DEBUG} has been a cheap precursor to \R's 7 \code{\link{options}(verbose= .)} (or a \code{verbose} function argument). 8 9 This function prints out its arguments as \code{\link{cat}()} does, 10 additionally printing the name of function in which it's been called --- 11 only when a global variable \code{DEBUG} exists and is 12 \code{\link{TRUE}}.\cr 13} 14\usage{ 15prt.DEBUG(\dots, LEVEL = 1) 16} 17\arguments{ 18 \item{\dots}{arguments to be passed to \code{\link{cat}(\dots)} for 19 printing.} 20 \item{LEVEL}{integer (or logical) indicating a debugging level for printing.} 21} 22\author{Martin Maechler, originally for S-PLUS.} 23%% \note{This is mainly kept for historical reasons (and old code 24%% fragments), but sometimes I still consider renaming it and have it 25%% work using \code{getOption("verbose")} alone. 26%% } 27\keyword{debugging} 28 29