scale_{x,y}_continuous() functions do not work inside do.call()

[schloerke]

I found a problem with... scale_y_continuous() (and by extension scale_x_continuous()) not working when called inside a function executed by do.call().

I expected... the execution location to not have effect on the method.

Here is the code to reproduce the bug:

library(ggplot2)

plot_fn <- function(data = iris, mapping = aes(Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width)) {
  ggplot(data, mapping) + geom_point() + scale_y_continuous()
}

do.call(plot_fn, list())
#> Error in as.character(call[[1]]): cannot coerce type 'closure' to vector of type 'character'

^{Created on 2024-02-09 with reprex v2.0.2}

ggplot2 * 3.4.4.9000 2024-02-08 [1] Github (tidyverse/ggplot2@a4be39d)

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Related: #5443, #5436

cc @teunbrand

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Work around: Use rlang::inject(plot_fn(!!!args)); (... But I should not be required to do this)

[teunbrand]

Have you tried using the release candidate? It seems like a familiar issue that I might've fixed already. You can install it using:

remotes::install_github("tidyverse/ggplot2", ref = remotes::github_pull("5592"))

[schloerke]

I can not reprex with latest RC branch. Closing