Hi,
> z <- (-1:3)+2i
> names(z) <- LETTERS[1:5]
> z
A B C D E
-1+2i 0+2i 1+2i 2+2i 3+2i
Nice :-)
> names(z)[2] <- "long name"
> z
A long name C D E
-1+2i 0+2i 1+2i 2+2i 3+2i
Not nice :-(
This happens with R-2.4.0 and current R-devel.
It also happens with raw vectors as reported one month ago.
Cheers,
H.