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? --------------------------------------------
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
Suharto Anggono Suharto Anggono via R-devel <r-devel at r-project.org>
on Sat, 26 Nov 2016 17:14:01 +0000 writes:
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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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