"[" not "[<-"

[Martyn Plummer]

On 18-Nov-98 Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>
>MTP> I had assumed that this was the logic of subsetting, but it would be nice
>MTP> if someone could confirm this.
>
>More or less (but I can only confirm my understanding of this). The
>saving is not in fact needed. 

Indeed it isn't. Sorry.

>I was referring to the default: Paul's example had no class.

And I am agreeing with you. The default "[" method should strip
attributes if this logic is correct.

Martyn
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