[Rd] log( <ts object> ) is not <ts object> (PR#2315)

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

For the record, only if coercion is involved (as here, since 1:7 is
integer).  It applies to lots of arithmetic functions, not just log.

Fixed in both R-patched and R-devel.

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch wrote:

> As I have found, taking functions like  log(.) on a "ts" object
> returns something that still has the "ts" class attribute but is
> not a properly classed R object anymore.
>
> E.g.
> 	(lt <- log(as.ts(1:7)))
>
> clearly calls  print.default instead of print.ts
> and the analogue for  plot(lt)
> or also
>         diff(lt)
>
> returns a "ts" object but with invalid start/end.
>
> (this is also a test of the R-bugs@R-project.org address)
>
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