[Rd] rowsum() may return a vector instead of a matrix (PR#3737)
Thomas Lumley
tlumley at u.washington.edu
Tue Aug 12 17:54:52 MEST 2003
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 brahm at alum.mit.edu wrote:
> If all rows are in the same "group", rowsum() returns a vector instead of a
> (1xN) matrix, contrary to documentation:
>
Yes, and it appears to be deliberate since rowsum.default() ends with
drop(rval), though I don't remember why it was this way.
Is there a strong preference for changing the function vs changing the
documentation?
-thomas
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