[Rd] sub returns garbage (PR#8687)

[p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk]

Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> writes:

> todd at baileywick.plus.com writes:
> 
> > Full_Name: Todd Bailey
> > Version: 2.1
> 
> Er, 2.2.1....
> 
> > OS: Mac OS-X 10.4.3
> > Submission from: (NULL) (87.112.79.124)
> > 
> > 
> > sub returns garbage in some strings when replacing something with nothing and
> > fixed=TRUE.  For example:
> > 
> > > a=c('hello','hello'); sub('lo','',a,fixed=TRUE)
> > [1] "hel"     "hel\0\0"
> > > a=c('hello','hello'); sub('lo','',a,fixed=FALSE)
> > [1] "hel" "hel"
> 
> Confirmed on Linux & Windows. We've seen this symptom a few times
> before.... 

...and fixed it, apparently! (Thanks Marc.) 

I claim XP braindamage -- I'm not Linuxifying my new ThinkPad until
FC5 is out.

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