[Rd] Re: [R] Unexpected behaviour of identical (PR#6799)

[p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk]

"Swinton, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Swinton at astrazeneca.com> writes:

>  # works as expected
> > ac <- c('A','B');
> > identical(ac,ac[1:2])
> [1] TRUE
>  
>  #but
> > af <- factor(ac)
> > identical(af,af[1:2])
> [1] FALSE
> 
> Any opinions?

Did a cross-check with Splus and it doesn't do that , so I think it
qualifies as a bug. Shouldn't be too hard to fix (might lose a little
efficiencty though).

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