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ans[nas] <- NA in 'ifelse' (was: ifelse() woes ... can we agree on a ifelse2() ?)

Removal of
ans[nas] <- NA
from the code of function 'ifelse' in R is not committed (yet). Why?

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On Mon, 28/11/16, Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Rd] ifelse() woes ... can we agree on a ifelse2() ?

 Cc: R-devel at r-project.org, maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
 Date: Monday, 28 November, 2016, 10:00 PM
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    > On current 'ifelse' code in R:

    > * The part
    > ans[nas] <- NA
    > could be omitted because NA's are already in place.
    > If the part is removed, variable 'nas' is no longer used.

I agree that this seems logical.  If I apply the change, R's own
full checks do not seem affected, and I may try to commit that
change and "wait and see".


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