Message-ID: <CABdHhvE44N02wUCrRO5PJBn1Hjy3pva4MXhpD0axttibdp8CaQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2017-06-09T00:01:48Z
From: Hadley Wickham
Subject: Math ops behaviour with multiple classes
In-Reply-To: <CAGxFJbQPXZUqZnCM34AQ21LGx8yJ4aXDxNLViGur8P+cDYoYXg@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you may be confusing (S3) class and ?mode.
Your point is well made, but to be precise, I think you should talk
about the "type of" an object, not it's mode. mode() is a wrapper
around typeof(), designed (I believe) for S compatibility.
Hadley
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