[Rd] is.vector could handle AsIs class better

[Jan Gorecki]

Thank you Gabriel,
Agree, although I think that could be relaxed in this single case and
AsIs class could be ignored.
Best,
Jan

On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 7:09 PM Gabriel Becker <gabembecker using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jan,
>
> I believe it's because it has "a non-NULL attribute other than names" as per the documentation. In this case its class of "AsIs".
>
> Best,
> ~G
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 6:29 AM Jan Gorecki <j.gorecki using wit.edu.pl> wrote:
>>
>> Dear R-devel,
>>
>> AsIs class seems to be well handled by `typeof` and `mode` function.
>> Those two functions are being referred when explaining `is.vector`
>> behaviour in manual. Yet `is.vector` does not seem to be handling AsIs
>> class the same way.
>>
>> is.vector(1L)
>> #[1] TRUE
>> is.vector(I(1L))
>> #[1] FALSE
>>
>> Is there any reason behind this behaviour?
>> Could we have it supported so AsIs class is ignored when `is.vector`
>> is doing its job?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Jan Gorecki
>>
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