changed for as.vector to unclass for 2.15.0

On 11/03/2012 01:10, r-bugs@r-project.org wrote:
> https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14839
>
>             Summary: units function does not work properly
>             Product: R
>             Version: R 2.13.1
>            Platform: x86_64/x64/amd64 (64-bit)
>          OS/Version: Windows 64-bit
>              Status: NEW
>            Severity: normal
>            Priority: P5
>           Component: Language
>          AssignedTo: R-core@R-project.org
>          ReportedBy: twoutopias@gmail.com
>     Estimated Hours: 0.0
>
>
> Using the units function with a difftime object changes other attributes. Here
> is an example:


First, note that you are actually using the units<- function here, not 
units.

Second, all I see about this is

      The units of a ‘"difftime"’ object can be extracted by the ‘units’
      function, which also has an replacement form.  If the units are
      changed, the numerical value is scaled accordingly.

and no claim that anything is preserved.  And the presence of 
as.vector() in the code indicates that the author did not intend to 
preserve attributes.  Picking up "secs" was almost certainly a mistake 
though.

But to say it 'does not work properly' you need to demonstrate that it 
is documented to preserve other attributes.  I don't see the evidence here.

Finally, 2.13.1 is several versions old: you are asked only to report on 
current R (2.15.0 alpha now, since both the 2.13.x and 2.14.x series are 
closed).


>> t1=Sys.time()
>> t2=Sys.time()
>> t3=difftime(t1,t2)
>> t3
> Time difference of -7.624 secs
>> names(t3)="test"
>> names(t3)
> [1] "test"
>> units(t3)="mins"
>> names(t3)
> [1] "secs"
>



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