[R] colClasses does not cause read.table to coerce to numeric; anymore?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 14.12.2013 17:50, David Winsemius wrote:
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> On Dec 14, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote:
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>> David,
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>> how should R interpret "110+"? It cannot be numeric, perhaps you have not recognized the "+" there?
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> I specifically included the fragment ofthe much longer file that was throwing the error. If this behavior doesn't appear flawed to you, Uwe, then am apparently under the misapprehension that it in the past it would have been coerced to NA.
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It is the behaviour since R-1.7.1 at least, and I have no older versions 
installed...

Best,
Uwe