>>>>> "HP" == Hervé Pagès <hpa...@fhcrc.org> >>>>> on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:25:10 -0700 writes:
HP> Hi, HP> I just realized that a named empty list is displayed the same HP> way as an empty list: >> list(aa=2:5)[0] HP> list() >> list() HP> list() HP> For empty atomic vectors, the print method makes the difference: >> c(aa=3L)[0] HP> named integer(0) >> integer(0) HP> integer(0) HP> Maybe lists could do that too? Yes, I agree. I have had at least one situation in the past where I had even been confused for a few minutes by this. I'm about to add it for R-devel [2.12.0] (only; considering it a new feature). Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel