Results from resolving a future

FutureResult(
  value = NULL,
  visible = TRUE,
  stdout = NULL,
  conditions = NULL,
  rng = FALSE,
  ...,
  started = .POSIXct(NA_real_),
  finished = Sys.time(),
  version = "1.8"
)

# S3 method for FutureResult
as.character(x, ...)

# S3 method for FutureResult
print(x, ...)

Arguments

value: The value of the future expression. If the expression was not fully resolved (e.g. an error) occurred, the the value is NULL.
visible: If TRUE, the value was visible, otherwise invisible.
conditions: A list of zero or more list elements each containing a captured condition and possibly more meta data such as the call stack and a timestamp.
rng: If TRUE, the .Random.seed was updated from resolving the future, otherwise not.
...: (optional) Additional named results to be returned.
started, finished: POSIXct timestamps when the evaluation of the future expression was started and finished.
version: The version format of the results.

Value

An object of class FutureResult.

Details

This function is only part of the backend Future API. This function is not part of the frontend Future API.

Note to developers

The FutureResult structure is under development and may change at anytime, e.g. elements may be renamed or removed. Because of this, please avoid accessing the elements directly in code. Feel free to reach out if you need to do so in your code.