R-alpha: R-beta: vector recycling weirdness

[Thomas Lumley]

wompom:~> R
R : Copyright 1997, Robert Gentleman and Ross Ihaka
Version 0.49 Beta (April 23, 1997)

R> f
function () 
{
        FALSE & matrix(FALSE, ncol = 1)
}
R> g
function () 
FALSE & matrix(FALSE, ncol = 1) 
R> f()
Warning in FALSE & matrix(FALSE, ncol = 1) : longer object length
        is not a multiple of shorter object length
      [,1]
[1,] FALSE
R> g()
      [,1]
[1,] FALSE
 
Is this weird or what?


Thomas Lumley
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