[R] serialize does not work as expected

[Jeff Newmiller]

Did you really conclude from looking at class that they were identical?

Numeric mode sometimes makes it hard to distinguish integers from doubles, but they are different.

On August 29, 2020 8:34:29 AM PDT, Sigbert Klinke <sigbert using wiwi.hu-berlin.de> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>if I create a list with
>
>l <- list(1:3, as.numeric(1:3), c(1,2,3))
>
>and applying
>
>lapply(l, 'class')
>lapply(l, 'mode')
>lapply(l, 'storage.mode')
>lapply(l, 'typeof')
>identical(l[[2]], l[[3]])
>
>then I would believe that as,numeric(1:3) and c(1,2,3) are identical 
>objects. However,
>
>lapply(l, serialize, connection=NULL)
>
>returns different results for each list element :(
>
>Any ideas, why it is like that?
>
>Best Sigbert

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