Re: [R] R imperfections? -- was: repeated searching of no-missing values

2008-12-11 Thread Stavros Macrakis
Bert has pointed out to me that the R definition of "deprecated" is considerably more draconian than that in most other systems: ? Deprecated "These functions are provided for compatibility with older versions of *R* only, and may be defunct as soon as the next release." I would certain

Re: [R] R imperfections? -- was: repeated searching of no-missing values

2008-12-11 Thread Wacek Kusnierczyk
replies inline below. Bert Gunter wrote: > Replies inline below. > > > [bert (?)]...?tapply says that the first argument is an **atomic** > vector. A > factor is not an atomic vector. So tapply interprets it as such by looking > only at its representation, which is as integer values. >

Re: [R] R imperfections? -- was: repeated searching of no-missing values

2008-12-11 Thread Stavros Macrakis
Bert, Thanks for your reply. I suspect we agree more than you might think Comments inline below. I've snipped out parts. -s On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Bert Gunter wrote: > Rationale? -- you'll have to ask the developers Hmm. It would be nice if this could be doc

[R] R imperfections? -- was: repeated searching of no-missing values

2008-12-11 Thread Bert Gunter
Replies inline below. Best regards, -- Bert ___ From: macra...@gmail.com [mailto:macra...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Stavros Macrakis Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:53 AM To: Bert Gunter Cc: Patrizio Frederic; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] repeated searchin