proposed change to 'sample'
I would be more inclined to make sampling from a vector the normal case, and default x to say 1:max(n, size), forcing users to say sample(n=5) if sampling from x=1:5 is desired. This could be a manageable change; the deprecation sequence is a bit painful to think through, though.
Don't we already have sample.int for that case? Hadley
Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair Department of Statistics / Rice University http://had.co.nz/