[R] RE: [R] R 1.6 crashes if ² in object displayed on console

[Marc Schwartz]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: r-help-admin at stat.math.ethz.ch
>[mailto:r-help-admin at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Dirk
Eddelbuettel
>Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 2:29 PM
>To: graham lawrence; r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>Subject: Re: [R] R 1.6 crashes if ² in object displayed on console
>
>> graham lawrence wrote:
>>
>> Under Win98se, the mere presence of this character, ² (Alt+0178),
>> causes R
>> 1.6 to crash, but only when it is in an object displayed to 
>the console.
>> 
>> >x<-"²"   #no problem
>> >x
>> 
>> R crashes with Illegal operation message
>
>Well, there never was "R 1.6". Do you use 1.6.0, 1.6.1 or 1.6.2?
>
>For what's it worth, R 1.6.2 on NT4 is happy to show ALT+0178.
>
>Dirk


The same using 1.6.2 under WinXP:

> x <- "²"
> x
[1] "²"


No crash.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz