Diverted to R-devel, as I'm requesting comments about a proposal
to add is.whole() to R just so this issue does not trail on for
centuries (;-), see below.
> William Dunlap
> on Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:33:05 -0700 writes:
> 3. all.equal(a, as.integer(a))
> Note that this one test
On 28/10/2014, 5:32 AM, Martin Maechler wrote:
> Diverted to R-devel, as I'm requesting comments about a proposal
> to add is.whole() to R just so this issue does not trail on for
> centuries (;-), see below.
>
I didn't read the thread in question, but I think Bill's comment is
crucial: what pro
Martin,
I can't imagine using such a function myself, the reason being that as Bill and Duncan
point out, the correct answer depends on the situation.
But given the regular reappearance of this topic, I think that perhaps creation of your
function is a good idea, largely to function as a rep
> Therneau, Terry M , Ph D
> on Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:44:20 -0500 writes:
> Martin,
> I can't imagine using such a function myself, the reason being that as
Bill and Duncan
> point out, the correct answer depends on the situation.
yes, of course.
OTOH, if the function is
Just to anticipate future discussion from math purists (and hopefully
not to throw too much of a wrench in the works), what would be the
return of:
is.whole(-1)
or
is.whole(-1L)
?
I can see arguments for both TRUE and FALSE from both the math purity
group and the "what will happen when I try t
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Dan Tenenbaum wrote:
>
>
> - Original Message -
>> From: "Henrik Bengtsson"
>> To: "Dan Tenenbaum"
>> Cc: "R-devel"
>> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 12:21:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Rd] OSX Yosemite (10.10): Are package binaries the same as for
>> OSX Mav
