It totally makes sense for a matrix to be a vector. But it's a whole other thing for a SummarizedExperiment to be a Vector. It could be made to work, but I sort of doubt there is much consistency right now. Perhaps I'm wrong.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Vincent Carey <st...@channing.harvard.edu> wrote: > perhaps the answer has to reflect > >> is(matrix(), "vector") > > [1] TRUE > > > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Michael Lawrence > <lawrence.mich...@gene.com> wrote: >> >> Saw that SummarizedExperiment(0) derives from Vector. What exactly is >> it a Vector of? Features? Measurements? It is rectangular, like a >> matrix, but does it support unidimensional subscripts? Sort of >> confusing. >> >> Thanks for clarifying, >> Michael >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > > _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
