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Date: 2017-09-26T13:35:20Z
From: Joris Meys
Subject: [R-pkg-devel] tibbles are not data frames
In-Reply-To: <CABdHhvGmY+L2pb6DY-A2FmMBcA07OnP9fr_xvTmuwB7=jNmu3w@mail.gmail.com>
Where its parent class _sometimes_ returns an atomic vector and
> _sometimes_ returns a data frame.
>
> Hadley
>
Indeed. And a tibble doesn't, so there's a conflict. Nobody said data.frame
works better than tibble. Actually, we all agree that the legacy behaviour
sucks. But it exists, and causes conflicts when users expect a tibble to
behave the same as a data.frame.
It does not.
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Joris Meys
Statistical consultant
Ghent University
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bio-Informatics
tel : +32 9 264 59 87
Joris.Meys at Ugent.be
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