Hello,

Consider the following transcript

> x=NULL
> x$date=10
> x
$date
[1] 10

or

> x=NULL
> x[10]=10
> x
 [1] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 10


Wouldn't one expect that x remain NULL despite the further additions (i.e
the x$date, x[10]) etc? Is coercing appropriate here?

Cheers
Saptarshi

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