> On Jun 27, 2018, at 3:58 PM, Achim Zeileis wrote:
>
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2018, Therneau, Terry M., Ph.D. via R-devel wrote:
>
>> I now understand the issue, which leads to a different and deeper issue
>> which is "how to assign a proper length to Surv objects".
>>
>> > Surv(c(1,2,3), c(1,0,1)
On Thu, 28 Jun 2018, Therneau, Terry M., Ph.D. via R-devel wrote:
I now understand the issue, which leads to a different and deeper issue
which is "how to assign a proper length to Surv objects".
> Surv(c(1,2,3), c(1,0,1))
[1] 1 2+ 3
The above prints as 3 elements and is conceptually 3 eleme
I now understand the issue, which leads to a different and deeper issue which
is "how to
assign a proper length to Surv objects".
> Surv(c(1,2,3), c(1,0,1))
[1] 1 2+ 3
The above prints as 3 elements and is conceptually 3 elements. But if I give it
length
method to return a 3 then I need a n
Charles Berry pointed out an error in my reasoning. In the current survival I
forgot the
S3method line for length in the NAMESPACE file, so the behavior is really not
new.
Nonetheless it remains surprising and non-intuitive. Why does model.response
sometimes
attach spurious names, when th
I am getting some unexplained changes in the latest version of survival, and
finally
traced it down to this: model.response acts differently for Surv objects.
Here is a closed form example using a made up class Durv = diagnose survival.
I tracked
it down by removing methods one by one from Su
