[Rd] dim "heritage"

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Erich Neuwirth wrote:

> when i do
>
> x<-4:1
> dim(x)<-c(4,1)
>
> and then
> z<-sin(x)
> dim(z) is c(4,1)
>
> sort(x)
> however, does not have a dim attribute.
>
> is this intended behavior?

Yes.  You would expect x^2 to act elementwise, and all elementwise
arithmetic operations keep the dimensions.

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