>>>>> "NM" == Norm Matloff <matl...@cs.ucdavis.edu>
>>>>> on Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:20:44 -0700 writes:
NM> Tal wrote:
>> A friend recently brought to my attention that vector assignment actually
>> recreates the entire vector on which the assignment is performed.
NM> ...
NM> I brought this up in r-devel a few months ago.
yes, thank you Norm, for the pointer.
Indeed this whole topic really belongs to R-devel not R-help.
Martin Maechler
NM> You can read my posting,
NM> and the various replies, at
NM> http://www.mail-archive.com/r-de...@r-project.org/msg20089.html
NM> Some of the replies not only explain the process, but list lines in the
NM> source code where this takes place, enabling a closer look at how/when
NM> duplication occurs.
NM> Norm Matloff
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