"numeric" as a virtual class and "double" as a type/class.)
On Dec 11, 2015, at 1:25 AM, Martin Maechler wrote:
>>>>>> Martin Maechler
>>>>>>on Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:25:21 +0100 writes:
>
>>>>>> John Chambers
>
e to go with
that (on r-devel), advertising that it may change the effective definition of
some classes.
But I can sympathize with choosing 1, 2 or neither.
John
PS: Until Jan. 4, I may be even poorer at replying than usual, while getting
the current book off to the publisher.
On Dec 19, 201
1] "integer"
>
> My wish for 2016: that selectMethod() always tells the truth. For
> example selectMethod("coerce", c("integer", "numeric")) doesn't
> in a fresh session, only after you call as(1L, "numeric")). Full
> story here
