>>>>> "MM" == Martin Maechler <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch>
>>>>> on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:56:07 +0200 writes:
...............
HP> This seems to have been around for a while (I get this with R 2.10,
HP> 2.9 and 2.8). Note that I don't get this with an unnamed vector.
HP> This problem affects the methods package. I found it while
HP> troubleshooting the "Protection stack overflow" I reported earlier
HP> (see https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2009-July/054030.html)
HP> but I can't tell yet whether the 2 issues are related or not.
HP> It would be nice to see some reaction from the R developers
HP> about these issues. Thanks in advance!
MM> Salut Hervé,
MM> so here comes "some reaction" ..
MM> {You know we had "useR! 2009" in Rennes, a big success I think,
MM> and then a very nice "DSC 2009" in Copenhagen, so many R
MM> developers were either attending or then were vacationing / too
MM> busy to attend ==> all reasons for not getting quick replies}
MM> Indeed, you have uncovered quite a nasty bug, and R core will
MM> definitely address it sooner or later.
MM> However, I'm not the one doing that for the time being,
MM> as garbage collection and the protection stack is not my home
MM> ground.
hmm, ... actually I was able to fix this bug in spite of all I
said...
but when I tried to commit my fix, I saw that Duncan Murdoch
has been faster ...
Regards,
Martin
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