[R] Fwd: ts.intersect bug?

[Antonio, Fabio Di Narzo]

2005/9/21, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>:
> On 9/21/05, Antonio, Fabio Di Narzo <antonio.fabio at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Antonio, Fabio Di Narzo <antonio.fabio at gmail.com>
> > Date: 21-set-2005 15.34
> > Subject: Re: [R] ts.intersect bug?
> > To: Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> >
> >
> > 2005/9/21, Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>:
> > > >>>>> "AntonioFDN" == Antonio, Fabio Di Narzo <antonio.fabio at gmail.com>
> > > >>>>>     on Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:59:26 +0200 writes:
> > >
> > >     AntonioFDN> This code gives an error:
> > >
> > >     AntonioFDN> a <- ts(1:10, start=0, freq=10)
> > >     AntonioFDN> b <- ts(1:10, start=1, freq=10)
> > >     AntonioFDN> ts.intersect(a,b)
> > >
> > > No, it gives a *warning* and returns NULL.
> >
> > Ooops, bad example.
> > Try this instead:
> > a <- ts(runif(6500), start=0, freq=10)
> > b <- lag(a, 1)
> > c <- ts.intersect(a, b)
> >
> > Gives an error from .cbind.ts
>
> A workaround would be to convert both a and b to zoo class,
> intersect them using zoo's merge and convert back to ts:
>
> library(zoo)
> z <- as.ts(merge(as.zoo(a), as.zoo(b), all = FALSE))
>
> Regarding your other question,
>
> Sys.putenv(LANGUAGE="en")
>
> will result in error messages in English.
>

Many tnx, and again sorry for the starting bad example.
Will the ts.intersect bug addressed in next R release?

Antonio, Fabio Di Narzo.

P.S. A little OT: shouldn't the "Sys.putenv(LANGUAGE="en")" tip be put
in the posting guide?