The 4.1.0 release of simmer, the Discrete-Event Simulator for R, is on CRAN. As per request in the mailing list, now get_global() is able to work inside a generator function. Moreover, the new add_global() method attaches a global attribute to a simulator.

library(simmer)

env <- simmer()

hello_sayer <- trajectory() %>%
  log_("hello world!") %>%
  set_global("interarrival", 1, mod="+")

generator <- function() get_global(env, "interarrival")

env %>%
  add_global("interarrival", 1) %>%
  add_generator("dummy", hello_sayer, generator) %>%
  run(7) %>%
  get_global("interarrival")
## 1: dummy0: hello world!
## 3: dummy1: hello world!
## 6: dummy2: hello world!
## [1] 4

Compared to plain global variables, these ones are automatically managed and thus reinitialised if the environment is reset.

env %>%
  reset() %>%
  get_global("interarrival")
## [1] 1
env %>%
  run(7) %>%
  get_global("interarrival")
## 1: dummy0: hello world!
## 3: dummy1: hello world!
## 6: dummy2: hello world!
## [1] 4

There has been a small refactoring of some parts of the C++ core, which motivates the minor version bump, but this shouldn’t be noticeable to the users. Finally, several bug fixes and improvements complete this release. See below for a complete list.