R for recursive expression: if you fail, try again try

Question

I want to create a function that will repeat an expression if it fails. Here is my working version:

retry <- function(.FUN, max.attempts=3, sleep.seconds=1) {
  x <- NULL
  if(max.attempts > 0) {
    f <- substitute(.FUN)
    x <- try(eval(f))
    if(class(x) == "try-error") {
      Sys.sleep(sleep.seconds)
      return(suppressWarnings(retry(.FUN, max.attempts-1)))
    }
  }
  x
}

retry(stop("I'm here"))

If I remove the function suppressWarnings()above, then I get a set of warnings for each recursive call. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, what could cause this?

Here is an example that can be run several times:

retry({ tmp <- function() { if(rnorm(1) < 0) stop("I'm here") else "success" }; tmp() })

Answer 1

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, :

retry <- function(.FUN, max.attempts = 3, sleep.seconds = 0.5) {
  expr <- substitute(.FUN)
  retry_expr(expr, max.attempts, sleep.seconds)
}

retry_expr <- function(expr, max.attempts = 3, sleep.seconds = 0.5) {
  x <- try(eval(expr))

  if(inherits(x, "try-error") && max.attempts > 0) {
    Sys.sleep(sleep.seconds)
    return(retry_expr(expr, max.attempts - 1))
  }

  x
}

f <- function() {
  x <- runif(1)
  if (x < 0.5) stop("Error!") else x
}

retry(f())

, , . , , , , . :

g1 <- function(fun) {
  message("Function starts")
  x <- retry(fun)
  message("Function ends")
  x
}
g1(f())
# Function starts
# Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : object 'fun' not found
# Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : object 'fun' not found
# Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : object 'fun' not found
# Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : object 'fun' not found
# Function ends

g2 <- function(fun) {
  message("Function starts")
  expr <- substitute(fun)
  x <- retry_expr(expr)
  message("Function ends")
  x
}
g2(f())
# Function starts
# Error in f() : Error!
# Function ends
# [1] 0.8079241

Answer 2

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retry <- function(.FUN, max.attempts=3, sleep.seconds=1) 
  {
  x <- NULL
  for (i in 1:max.attempts)
      {
      f <- substitute(.FUN)
      x <- try(eval(f))
      if (class(x) == "try-error")
         {
         Sys.sleep(sleep.seconds)
         }
       else
         {
         return (x)
         }
      }
  x
  }