[Rd] rbinom silently rounds size argument (PR#1377)

[bolker@zoo.ufl.edu]

rbinom (in R-1.4.1) silently rounds its "size" argument. 
  The C code contains 

    n = floor(nin + 0.5); 

  I would argue that this should this either be documented or changed (to 
return NA). (The behavior is inconsistent with dbinom). 

  I sent this in to the devel list a couple of weeks ago to
provoke discussion; no disagreement (or agreement) so I'm
submitting it as a bug.

  Ben Bolker

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Version:
 platform = i686-pc-linux-gnu
 arch = i686
 os = linux-gnu
 system = i686, linux-gnu
 status = 
 major = 1
 minor = 4.1
 year = 2002
 month = 01
 day = 30
 language = R

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