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

Suharto Anggono Suharto Anggono <suharto_anggono at yahoo.com>
    on Sat, 4 Nov 2017 12:11:48 +0000 writes:

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

because I have been using it in my version of R-devel for this whole
year, but have forgotten to commit it.

Thank you for the reminder.  I have committed it now :

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r73681 | maechler | 2017-11-06 15:39:20 +0100 (Mon, 06 Nov 2017) | 3 lines

drop extraneous line, as suggested by Suharto Anggono, and as "promised" on R-devel list, Nov 26, 2016

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> Subject: Re: [Rd] ifelse() woes ... can we agree on a ifelse2() ?
    > To: "Suharto Anggono" <suharto_anggono at yahoo.com>
    > 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:

> ...


    >> 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".

    > ...