From p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk  Fri Nov 26 09:28:51 2004
From: p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard)
Date: Fri Nov 26 09:31:08 2004
Subject: [Rd] str() resets class for environments
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<Mark.Bravington@csiro.au> writes:

> If environments were wrapped, would it still be possible to change
> the attributes of e.g. pos.to.env (5), as opposed to the attributes
> of a copy? That's the feature I'm keen to retain. For example:

Offhand: Yes, if things are arranged so that you set attributes on the
elements of the search path rather than on the environments
"themselves". This could also be useful if we were to ever make an
effort to bring the semantics of detach() in line with its
documentation...

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[Rd] str() resets class for environments
Peter Dalgaard