On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 10:59:39AM +0100, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
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> They _are_ `first class data types', atomic vectors, just like integers.
> The intent remains that their contents should not be interpreted, just as
> in the Green Book. One comsequential difference from other atomic vectors
e dedicated C routines when
readBin and writeBin already do exactly what I need.
I'm afraid you've stumped me: I thought this seemed like a clean and
orthogonal extension of the existing facility requiring minimal new
code. If the answer is that it isn't in the Green Book, well, then
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