From 61cf366f6154333665ae28c9ef2941cd0d492216 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carson Sievert <cpsievert1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 13:31:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Try evaling tasks with and without parentheses, closes #326

---
 inst/www/htmlwidgets.js | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/inst/www/htmlwidgets.js b/inst/www/htmlwidgets.js
index ed9837d9..3ba87ddc 100644
--- a/inst/www/htmlwidgets.js
+++ b/inst/www/htmlwidgets.js
@@ -233,7 +233,17 @@
           theseArgs = theseArgs.concat([task.data]);
           task = task.code;
         }
-        var taskFunc = eval("(" + task + ")");
+        try {
+          var taskFunc = eval("(" + task + ")");
+        } catch(err) {
+          try {
+            var taskFunc = eval(task);
+          } catch(error) {
+            console.error(err);
+            console.error(error);
+          }
+        }
+
         if (typeof(taskFunc) !== "function") {
           throw new Error("Task must be a function! Source:\n" + task);
         }