From Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>  Tue Aug 12 16:48:03 1997
From: Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> (Martin Maechler)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 17:48:03 +0200
Subject: R-alpha: yet another remaining buglet
Message-ID: <199708121548.RAA02951@sophie.ethz.ch>

This was originally 

>> Cc: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch
>> Subject: Re: R-alpha: list assignment
>> References: <199704250112.NAA00344@stat3.stat.auckland.ac.nz>
>> From: Peter Dalgaard BSA <p.dalgaard@kubism.ku.dk>
>> Date: 25 Apr 1997 13:09:01 +0200
>> In-Reply-To: Robert Gentleman's message of Fri, 25 Apr 1997 13:12:36 +1200 (NZST)

### 2)  names(x)[1] <- "a"  still gives extraneous doublequotes IN the name

x <- list()
x[[1]] <- 23
names(x)[1] <- "a"
x  #----------------- got the quotes, also !!
##- $"a"
##- [1] 23
unlist(x)
##- \"a\"
##-    23
names(x) #> [1] "\"a\""


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R-alpha: yet another remaining buglet
Martin Maechler