From Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>  Tue May 27 08:02:10 1997
From: Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> (Martin Maechler)
Date: Tue, 27 May 97 09:02:10 +0200
Subject: R-alpha: 1:n is not integer
Message-ID: <9705270702.AA02619@>


This is from Snews of yesterday 

Snews> but the : operator creates integers as in
Snews> 
Snews> > is.integer(1:10)
Snews> [1] T
Snews> 
Snews> and even in
Snews> 
Snews> > is.integer(1:1)
Snews> [1] T

which reminds me of bug report  I had sent a while ago,
I think in pre-alpha times:

 MM>  In R,  1:n is   double (aka 'real') and not integer.
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R-alpha: 1:n is not integer
Martin Maechler