[Rd] is.vector(as.vector(x, m), m) not always TRUE

[Hervé Pagès]

On 04/24/2013 09:02 AM, peter dalgaard wrote:
> This is now fixed in R-devel (never actually bit anyone, did it?)

Thanks for fixing... before someone gets bitten :-)

as.vector() just made it into the BiocGenerics package, and the man
page for BiocGenerics::as.vector redirects the reader to the man page
for base::as.vector for the conventions that writers of methods for
"as.vector" should follow. Having base::as.vector actually follow
those conventions increases the chances that writers of "as.vector"
methods will follow them too, which is good.

Cheers,
H.


>
> -pd
>
> On Apr 24, 2013, at 08:11 , peter dalgaard wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>> is.vector(as.vector("a", "name"), "name")
>>> [1] FALSE
>>>
>>> Mmmh, the default method itself doesn't seem to follow its own
>>> conventions :-/
>>>
>>
>> Looks like there should be a straightforward fix, since
>>
>>> is.vector(as.vector("a", "name"), "symbol")
>> [1] TRUE
>>
>> so it is just a matter of implementing "name" as synomyous with "symbol".
>

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