model.matrix(.) and all that

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> writes:

> 
> Maybe just a minor thing,
> but since we are aiming for  S compatibility, here :
> 
>        R> x_ 1:5
>        R> model.matrix(x ~ x)
>        Error: length of namelist must equal dims
> 
> whereas in  S,
> 
> 	model.matrix(x ~ x)  ===  model.matrix(x ~ 1)

... where I would have expected model.matrix(~x). Does this have any
untoward consequences for delete.response and all that?

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