When formula() is applied to the output of model.frame() it ignores the
formula in the model.frame's 'terms' attribute:
> d <- data.frame(A=log(1:6), B=LETTERS[rep(1:2,c(2,4))], C=1/(1:6),
D=rep(letters[25:26],c(4,2)), Y=1:6)
> m0 <- model.frame(data=d, Y ~ A:B)
> formula(m0)
Y ~ A + B
> `attributes<-`(terms(m0), value=NULL)
Y ~ A:B
This is in part because model.frame()'s output has class "data.frame"
instread of c("model.frame","data.frame"), as SV4 did, so there are no
methods for model.frames.
Is there a reason that model.frame() returns a data.frame with extra
attributes but no special class or is it just an oversight?
Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com
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