bbolker / bbolker/reformulas

ignore specials in terms without `|`

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Description

A similar example came up in `GLMpack` tests:

```r
library(lme4)
cs <- function(x) scale(x, center=TRUE, scale = TRUE)
lmer(Reaction ~ cs(Days) + (1|Subject), sleepstudy)
```

> Error in x[[3]] : object of type 'symbol' is not subsettable

In the short term `GLMpack` maintainers can work around this (by naming the utility function `cs0` or something else), but `reformulas` should be fixed to ignore this ...

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the GLMpack example with the reformulas formula-processing code, focusing on the term `cs(Days)` when no `|` appears in the formula. The fix is done when this expression no longer raises the symbol-subsetting error and random-effect formulas continue to work.

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Tech stack
r
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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