/**
  * Return the previous argument (until we reach the root)
  *
  * @return the previous argument
  */
 @Override
 public RTValue prevArg() {
   // Note:  In the normal course of graph reduction this method will not be
   // called before result is set.  An explicit check for a null result value
   // is omitted for performance reasons.
   return result.prevArg();
 }