From plummer@iarc.fr  Wed Nov 18 18:13:33 1998
From: plummer@iarc.fr (Martyn Plummer)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 18:13:33 -0000 ()
Subject: "[" not "[<-"
In-Reply-To: <199811181759.RAA22669@toucan.stats.ox.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <XFMail.981118183350.plummer@iarc.fr>

On 18-Nov-98 Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>
>MTP> I had assumed that this was the logic of subsetting, but it would be nice
>MTP> if someone could confirm this.
>
>More or less (but I can only confirm my understanding of this). The
>saving is not in fact needed. 

Indeed it isn't. Sorry.

>I was referring to the default: Paul's example had no class.

And I am agreeing with you. The default "[" method should strip
attributes if this logic is correct.

Martyn
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"[" not "[<-"
Martyn Plummer