Re: [Rd] error on uneven recycling?

2012-09-25 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 25/09/2012 03:45, Thomas Lumley wrote: Is there some reason why (1:2)+(1:3) [1] 2 4 4 Warning message: In (1:2) + (1:3) : longer object length is not a multiple of shorter object length can't be made into an error? I realise it was there in S-PLUS, but since it produces a warning

Re: [Rd] error on uneven recycling?

2012-09-25 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 25/09/2012 08:12, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: On 25/09/2012 03:45, Thomas Lumley wrote: Is there some reason why (1:2)+(1:3) [1] 2 4 4 Warning message: In (1:2) + (1:3) : longer object length is not a multiple of shorter object length can't be made into an error? I realise it was there

Re: [Rd] error on uneven recycling?

2012-09-25 Thread peter dalgaard
On Sep 25, 2012, at 04:45 , Thomas Lumley wrote: Is there some reason why (1:2)+(1:3) [1] 2 4 4 Warning message: In (1:2) + (1:3) : longer object length is not a multiple of shorter object length can't be made into an error? I realise it was there in S-PLUS, but since it produces a

Re: [Rd] error on uneven recycling?

2012-09-24 Thread William Dunlap
That is an error in Splus 8.3. It must have changed quite a while ago - it was an error in Splus 5.1, released in 1999 and I don't have an older version handy right now. Current behavior is 1:10 + 0:1 [1] 1 3 3 5 5 7 7 9 9 11 1:10 + 0:2 Problem in 1:10 + 0:2: length of longer operand