scale_y_continuous() fails if inside a function called via double colon pkg::fun(...)

[averissimo]

I found a problem with recent PR #5343 when scale_y_continuous was called inside a package function via double colon

I expected the function not to throw an error

Here is the code to reproduce the bug:

Please note that the problem is not with {tern} itself, as the call without double colon succeeds

install.package("tern")
remotes::install_github("tidyverse/ggplot2")

library(tern)

# example from tern::g_lineplot function
library(nestcolor)

adsl <- tern_ex_adsl
adlb <- tern_ex_adlb %>% dplyr::filter(ANL01FL == "Y", PARAMCD == "ALT", AVISIT != "SCREENING")
adlb$AVISIT <- droplevels(adlb$AVISIT)
adlb <- dplyr::mutate(adlb, AVISIT = forcats::fct_reorder(AVISIT, AVISITN, min))
g_lineplot(adlb, adsl, subtitle = "Laboratory Test:")

# This call falls on if clause `... && !startsWith(as.character(call[[1]]), "scale_")` as it has length = 3
tern::g_lineplot(adlb, adsl, subtitle = "Laboratory Test:")

[teunbrand]

Thanks for the report! I can reproduce this bug. A more minimal reprex:

# Current main branch
devtools::load_all("~/packages/ggplot2")
#> ℹ Loading ggplot2

env <- new.env()
env$foo <- function() {
  ggplot() + 
    geom_point(aes(x = "A", y = 2)) +
    scale_x_continuous()
}

env$foo()
#> Error in is.null(call) || !startsWith(as.character(call[[1]]), "scale_"): 'length = 3' in coercion to 'logical(1)'

^{Created on 2023-09-26 with reprex v2.0.2}