[Rd] [External] Re: Could .Primitive("[") stop forcing R_Visible = TRUE?

[Ivan Krylov]

Dear Luke,

Thank you very much for taking the time to write an exhaustive answer!
They are always a pleasure to read on the R mailing lists.

On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:50:34 -0500 (CDT)
luke-tierney using uiowa.edu wrote:

> So there is a discrepancy between interpreted and compiled code which
> is a bug that ideally should be resolved. I suspect changing the
> compiled code behavior would be more disruptive than changing the
> interpreted code behavior, but that would need some looking into.
> 
> Filing a bug report on the discrepancy would be a good next step.

PR18813 is now filed. It is unfortunate that invisible [.data.table and
consistent behaviour of R operators are mutually exclusive, but at
least one positive change could come out of this.

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Best regards,
Ivan