Re: [Rd] Multi-line string constants: proposed patch

2004-09-10 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Kevin Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > R 1.9.1 requires multi-line strings to contain a backslash at the > end of each line (except the last line). As noted by Mark > Bravington (http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/02b/5199.html) > this requirement appears to be undocumented. > > In S-Plu

[Rd] Multi-line string constants: proposed patch

2004-09-10 Thread Kevin Wright
R 1.9.1 requires multi-line strings to contain a backslash at the end of each line (except the last line). As noted by Mark Bravington (http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/02b/5199.html) this requirement appears to be undocumented. In S-Plus 6.2, multi-line strings do not need a backslash for

Re: [Rd] as(object,"list")<- error In .mergeAttrs() ??

2004-09-10 Thread Wolski
Hi! Forgot to ask: Can you restore the behaviour from version 1.9.1? Please. I have 2 packages on Bioconductor and one almost ready which rely on it. And as I just tested the rewrite which changes the inheritance to a contains relation would have more consequences then I thought and not be as ea

Re: [Rd] as(object,"list")<- error In .mergeAttrs() ??

2004-09-10 Thread Wolski
Hi! I am open to any arbitrary way of extending a list. It does not matter to me how complicated it gets. I do it once for my class. What matters to me is what I can do with objects extending from list. Because this is what I am doing often. Hence, further proposals even more complicated are we