[Rd] Bug: floating point bug in nclass.FD can cause hist() to crash

[Sietse Brouwer]

Hi, all,

Sietse wrote:
> Floating point errors can cause a data vector to have an ultra-small
> inter-quartile range, which causes `grDevices::nclass.FD` to suggest
> an absurdly large number of breaks to `graphics::hist(breaks="FD")`.
> Because this large float becomes NA when converted to integer, hist's
> call to `base::pretty` crashes.

I have been provided with an account, and filed the bug at
https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17274

Discussion continues there.

Cheers,
Sietse