> -----Original Message----- > From: r-devel-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Duncan Murdoch > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 8:28 AM > To: Richard Cotton > Cc: r-devel@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [Rd] n=1 default for random number generators > > On 11/16/2009 11:00 AM, Richard Cotton wrote: > > One tiny thing that would be very nice to have is a default > value of n=1 in > > the random number generator functions, enabling, e.g., > runif() instead of > > runif(1). This won't break anyone's existing code and ought to be > > relatively straightforward to do. > > > > Is there anyone in the core team who would be willing to > include this > > change? > > I doubt it. Even if you put together the patch (and I didn't see an > offer to do so), merging it into the trunk code would take more work > than you'd save in several years of typing the "1".
Also, you would probably hear complaints that n=1 is not a common value for the argument in 'well-written' (really, vectorized cpu-efficient) R code. Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
