07, 2010 11:09 PM
To: spencer.gra...@structuremonitoring.com
Cc: r-devel@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Suggested change to integrate.Rd (was: Re: 0.5 !=
integrate(dnorm, 0, 2) = 0)
R developers understand intimately how things work, and terse
descriptions are sufficient. However, most
What do you think about changing the verbiage with that example
in integrate.Rd from fails on many systems to something like
gives wrong answer without warning on many systems?
If I had write access to the core R code, I'd change this
myself: I'm probably not the only user who
R developers understand intimately how things work, and terse
descriptions are sufficient. However, most typical R users
would benefit from clearer documentation. In multiple places
I've found the R documentation to be correct and understandable
AFTER I've figured a function out.
And to be
If changes are to be made to integrate it would be nice if the following
was fixed:
integrate(dnorm, -Inf, -Inf)
1 with absolute error 9.4e-05
Note that integrate manages ok when not dealing with Inf or -Inf:
integrate(dnorm, -500, -500)
0 with absolute error 0
David Scott
On 8/12/2010
