### Name: delayedAssign
### Title: Delay Evaluation
### Aliases: delayedAssign promise promises
### Keywords: programming data

### ** Examples

msg <- "old"
delayedAssign("x", msg)
msg <- "new!"
x #- new!
substitute(x) #- msg

delayedAssign("x", {
    for(i in 1:3)
        cat("yippee!\n")
    10
})

x^2 #- yippee
x^2 #- simple number

e <- (function(x, y = 1, z) environment())(1+2, "y", {cat(" HO! "); pi+2})
(le <- as.list(e)) # evaluates the promises