R-alpha: Re: select.frame

Ross & ihaka@stat.auckland.ac.nz
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 02:57:07 +1200


Peter Dalgaard writes:
 > ..and same thing applies to subst.exp itself, isn't that so? As
 > written, subst.exp would not be able to find subst.exp. Let's see:

You are right of course.  Its been a while since I tried anything
substantial in S.

 >  Maybe one should just leave it and let S solve the
 > porting problems? ;^)

Sounds good to me, but I think its an interesting enough idea to get
a bit wider exposure.  You could always mention how much cleaner it is
in R :-).

 > > 3. It might be good to check that only ":" expressions allowed.
 > 
 > Hum. I was beginning to like the idea that you could put complicated
 > expressions in there, as in

By all means.  Whatever makes sense.
	Ross
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