Re: [R] Base within reverses column order

2014-04-07 Thread David Winsemius
On Apr 4, 2014, at 10:32 AM, Dan Murphy wrote: I just noticed this annoyance, but I'm not the first one, apparently -- see http://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/pipermail/datatable-help/2012-May/001176.html The thread never answered the OP's question Is this a bug? so I assume the answer,

Re: [R] Base within reverses column order

2014-04-07 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 05/04/2014 1:10 PM, Dan Murphy wrote: Thanks, Duncan. Using names is certainly the most reliable solution, but requires remembering to modify the surrounding code when enhancing what's within -- a bug risk source when passing on the code. Are you saying that an automatic reversal as follows

Re: [R] Base within reverses column order

2014-04-05 Thread Dan Murphy
Thanks, Duncan. Using names is certainly the most reliable solution, but requires remembering to modify the surrounding code when enhancing what's within -- a bug risk source when passing on the code. Are you saying that an automatic reversal as follows may break in the future because R-devel may

[R] Base within reverses column order

2014-04-04 Thread Dan Murphy
I just noticed this annoyance, but I'm not the first one, apparently -- see http://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/pipermail/datatable-help/2012-May/001176.html The thread never answered the OP's question Is this a bug? so I assume the answer, unfortunately, is No. If not a bug, do users of within

Re: [R] Base within reverses column order

2014-04-04 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 04/04/2014 1:32 PM, Dan Murphy wrote: I just noticed this annoyance, but I'm not the first one, apparently -- see http://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/pipermail/datatable-help/2012-May/001176.html The thread never answered the OP's question Is this a bug? so I assume the answer,