This is for making function evaluations more verbose;
big.brother
returns a function that prints its arguments and
return value every iteration (or every several iterations if
interval
is specified)
big.brother(f, interval=1, file="")
A function
Interval between printed evaluations
(Optional) file to log to. By default, logs to the console.
Using this directly on the likelihood functions may lead to unintended consequences as it affects the class attribute of the likelihood function and stop it causing the correct MLE function being dispatched. Probably best to leave this alone.
Richard G. FitzJohn