Greg Minshall <minsh...@umich.edu> writes: >> Does it make sense from the point of view of R code? >> AFAIU, the current ob-R implementation converts lists into R tables, >> which is not accurate? Would it make sense to convert Elisp lists into R >> lists directly? > > my "barely half a cent" would be that backwards compatibility here > trumps, hmm, "logic". i suspect a note in the wiki page for ob-R > stating that lists are converted to single-column tables would be > sufficient. (partly because i think people writing code need to refer > to such pages to understand these sorts of mappings.) > > (one could make the case that "no one" passes lists to R code; that > could push *me* towards your suggestion.)
Once upon a time, ob-core converted lists to actual lists. It is what is reflected in the manual. Later, the code was changed and lists were interpreted as lists of lists. Now, I reverted to the original behaviour. The time span is years and I do not recall any related bug reports. So, nobody seems to care. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
