\name{unByteCode}
\alias{unByteCode}
\alias{unByteCodeAssign}
\alias{assignEdgewise}
\title{
  Convert a Byte-Code Function to an Interpreted-Code Function
}
\description{
  Convert a byte-code function to an interpreted-code function
}
\usage{
unByteCode(fun)
assignEdgewise(name, env, value)
unByteCodeAssign(fun)
}
\arguments{
  \item{fun}{function to be modified}
  \item{name}{object name}
  \item{env}{namespace}
  \item{value}{new function body}
}
\details{
  The purpose of these functions is to allow a byte coded function to be
  converted back into a fully interpreted function as a \emph{temporary}
  work around for issues in byte-code interpretation.

  \code{unByteCode} returns a copy of the function that is directly interpreted
  from text rather than from byte-code.

  \code{assignEdgewise} makes an assignment into a locked environemnt.

  \code{unByteCodeAssign} changes the specified function \emph{in its source
  environment} to be directly interpreted from text rather than from byte-code.
}
\value{
  All three functions return a copy of the modified function or assigned value.
}
\references{
  These functions were inspired as a work-around to R bug
  \url{https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15215}.
}
\author{
  Gregory R. Warnes \email{greg@warnes.net}
}
\note{
  These functions are not intended as a permanent solution to issues
  with byte-code compilation or interpretation.  Any such issues should
  be promtply reported to the R maintainers via the R Bug Tracking
  System at \url{https://bugs.r-project.org} and via the R-devel
  mailing list \url{https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel}.
}
\seealso{
  \code{\link[compiler]{disassemble}},
  \code{\link{assign}}
}
\examples{
data(badDend)
dist2 <- function(x) as.dist(1-cor(t(x), method="pearson"))
hclust1 <- function(x) hclust(x, method = "single")

distance <- dist2(badDend)
cluster  <- hclust1(distance)

dend <- as.dendrogram(cluster)

\dontrun{
    ## In R 2.3.0 and earlier crashes with a node stack overflow error
    plot(dend)
    ## Error in xy.coords(x, y, recycle = TRUE) : node stack overflow
}

## convert stats:::plotNode from byte-code to interpreted-code
unByteCodeAssign(stats:::plotNode)

# increase recursion limit
options("expressions"=5e4)

# now the function does not crash
plot(dend)
}
\keyword{programming}
\keyword{utilites}
