Re: [Rd] argument order for Math2 group functions in R 2.6.x (PR#10683)
On Sun, 3 Feb 2008, John Fox wrote: > Dear Brian, > > Are there many primitives that take more than one argument? Quite a few: see the list in the 'R Internals' manual. But most involve '...' . > I see, for example, that round() is another. Might it not be a good idea > to provide a warning in the help file(s) that arguments must be supplied > in the correct order? You mean as in All except 'zapsmall' are primitive, so positional argument matching is used for the default methods of 'round' and 'signif'. in 2.6.2 RC? Brian > > Regards, > John > > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> project.org] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: February-02-08 12:45 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [Rd] argument order for Math2 group functions in R 2.6.x >> (PR#10683) >> >> signif() is primitive in 2.6.x, and so uses positional matching (almost >> all primitives do). >> >> See the NEWS file for the announcement of the change. >> >> >> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Full_Name: Ben Hansen >>> Version: 2.6.1 >>> OS: Windows >>> Submission from: (NULL) (66.93.3.101) >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> In R 2.6.0 or 2.6.1 on Windows, I get the following upon opening the >> GUI (no >>> previous commands or special settings): >>>> signif(digits=4, x=1/3) >>> [1] 4 >>> >>> It seems to be taking 4 to be the "x" argument, the number to be >> rounded. >>> However, my understanding (perhaps mistaken) was that it should >> respond as >>> follows: >>>> signif(digits=4, x=1/3) >>> [1] 0. >>> >>> (This last is what I get from R 2.5.0 running on the same machine, >> and what I'm >>> used to getting using earlier versions.) Similar things happen with >> round(). >>> >>> I haven't yet had the opportunity to investigate whether I'd see the >> same >>> behavior on other platforms. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> Ben >>> >>> __ >>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >>> >> >> -- >> Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 >> >> __ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] argument order for Math2 group functions in R 2.6.x (PR#10683)
Dear Brian, Are there many primitives that take more than one argument? I see, for example, that round() is another. Might it not be a good idea to provide a warning in the help file(s) that arguments must be supplied in the correct order? Regards, John > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > project.org] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: February-02-08 12:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Rd] argument order for Math2 group functions in R 2.6.x > (PR#10683) > > signif() is primitive in 2.6.x, and so uses positional matching (almost > all primitives do). > > See the NEWS file for the announcement of the change. > > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Full_Name: Ben Hansen > > Version: 2.6.1 > > OS: Windows > > Submission from: (NULL) (66.93.3.101) > > > > > > Hi, > > > > In R 2.6.0 or 2.6.1 on Windows, I get the following upon opening the > GUI (no > > previous commands or special settings): > >> signif(digits=4, x=1/3) > > [1] 4 > > > > It seems to be taking 4 to be the "x" argument, the number to be > rounded. > > However, my understanding (perhaps mistaken) was that it should > respond as > > follows: > >> signif(digits=4, x=1/3) > > [1] 0. > > > > (This last is what I get from R 2.5.0 running on the same machine, > and what I'm > > used to getting using earlier versions.) Similar things happen with > round(). > > > > I haven't yet had the opportunity to investigate whether I'd see the > same > > behavior on other platforms. > > > > Best wishes, > > Ben > > > > __ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 > > __ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] argument order for Math2 group functions in R 2.6.x (PR#10683)
Dear Brian, Are there many primitives that take more than one argument? I see, for example, that round() is another. Might it not be a good idea to provide a warning in the help file(s) that arguments must be supplied in the correct order? Regards, John > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > project.org] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: February-02-08 12:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Rd] argument order for Math2 group functions in R 2.6.x > (PR#10683) > > signif() is primitive in 2.6.x, and so uses positional matching (almost > all primitives do). > > See the NEWS file for the announcement of the change. > > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Full_Name: Ben Hansen > > Version: 2.6.1 > > OS: Windows > > Submission from: (NULL) (66.93.3.101) > > > > > > Hi, > > > > In R 2.6.0 or 2.6.1 on Windows, I get the following upon opening the > GUI (no > > previous commands or special settings): > >> signif(digits=4, x=1/3) > > [1] 4 > > > > It seems to be taking 4 to be the "x" argument, the number to be > rounded. > > However, my understanding (perhaps mistaken) was that it should > respond as > > follows: > >> signif(digits=4, x=1/3) > > [1] 0. > > > > (This last is what I get from R 2.5.0 running on the same machine, > and what I'm > > used to getting using earlier versions.) Similar things happen with > round(). > > > > I haven't yet had the opportunity to investigate whether I'd see the > same > > behavior on other platforms. > > > > Best wishes, > > Ben > > > > __ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 > > __ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] argument order for Math2 group functions in R 2.6.x (PR#10683)
signif() is primitive in 2.6.x, and so uses positional matching (almost all primitives do). See the NEWS file for the announcement of the change. On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Full_Name: Ben Hansen > Version: 2.6.1 > OS: Windows > Submission from: (NULL) (66.93.3.101) > > > Hi, > > In R 2.6.0 or 2.6.1 on Windows, I get the following upon opening the GUI (no > previous commands or special settings): >> signif(digits=4, x=1/3) > [1] 4 > > It seems to be taking 4 to be the "x" argument, the number to be rounded. > However, my understanding (perhaps mistaken) was that it should respond as > follows: >> signif(digits=4, x=1/3) > [1] 0. > > (This last is what I get from R 2.5.0 running on the same machine, and what > I'm > used to getting using earlier versions.) Similar things happen with round(). > > I haven't yet had the opportunity to investigate whether I'd see the same > behavior on other platforms. > > Best wishes, > Ben > > __ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
