[Rd] print.glm() signif digits (PR#7765)

2005-04-01 Thread prathouz
Hi -- I have found that by default the function print.glm() uses 3 significant figures when printing out null and model deviances and the aic. Of course, this is not wrong. But if a person fitted two nested models and compared the resulting deviances obtained from print.glm(), the resulting

Re: [Rd] print.glm() signif digits (PR#7765)

2005-04-01 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Why did you file a bug report on something with is `not wrong' and indeed you can change? How does this correspond to the definition of a `bug' in the FAQ? Your analysis is in fact based on an incorrect assertion: the default is args(print.glm) function (x, digits = max(3, getOption(digits) -