From MEC at stowers.org  Thu Feb 18 21:25:34 2016
From: MEC at stowers.org (Cook, Malcolm)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:25:34 +0000
Subject: [Rd] should `data` respect default.stringsAsFactors()?
Message-ID: <39490c6c6e9b48ff8032837df07baf9b@exchsrv2.sgc.loc>

Hiya,

Probably been debated elsewhere....

I note that R's `data` function does not respect default.stringsAsFactors 

By my lights, it should, especially as it is documented to call read.table, which DOES respect.

Oh, but:  http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/stringsAsFactors-FALSE-tp921891p921893.html  

Compelling.  I have to agree.

So, I change my mind.  

By my lights, `data` should then be documented to NOT respect default.stringsAsFactors.

Else?

~Malcolm Cook



[Rd] should `data` respect default.stringsAsFactors()?
Cook, Malcolm