[Rd] Make as.factor an S3 generic?

[Martin Morgan]

On 04/20/2011 10:13 AM, William Dunlap wrote:
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>> [mailto:r-devel-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Martin Morgan
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:56 AM
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>> Subject: [Rd] Make as.factor an S3 generic?
>>
>> as.factor / as.ordered is not written as a generic. This differs from
>> as.numeric, as.matrix, and other as.*. The following seems to address
>> this and does not break make check-all.
>
> Why did you decide to make as.factor() generic instead of factor()?

Hi Bill --

short-sighted consistency with other as.*; implied simplicity of 
coercion rather than construction.

Martin

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