> -----Original Message----- > From: r-devel-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Henrik Bengtsson > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 5:45 PM > To: R-devel > Subject: [Rd] x[c()] <- value sets the mode to mode(value) > > Only for the record, > > an unnecessary overhead when nothing is assigned: > > > x <- integer(10) > > str(x) > int [1:10] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > x[c()] <- 1.0; > > str(x) > num [1:10] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > 'x' could equally well have renamed untouched.
I disagree. I think the language is more predictable, hence easier to use, if the class of the output of a function depends only on the classes of the inputs, not on the classes and lengths of the inputs. Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com > > /Henrik > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
