>>>>> "BB" == Ben Bolker <bol...@ufl.edu>
>>>>> on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:08:45 +0000 (UTC) writes:
BB> Martin Maechler <maechler <at> stat.math.ethz.ch> writes:
>> >> But lgamma(x) is log(abs(gamma(x))), so it looks okay to me.
>> >>
>> >> Duncan Murdoch
>>
TH> Oops, yes! That's what comes of talking off the top of my head
TH> (I don't think I've ever had occasion to evaluate lgamma(x)
TH> for negative x, so never consciously checked in ?lgamma).
>>
TH> Thanks, Duncan!
>>
>> Indeed.... as we all know, a picture can be worth a thousand words,
>> and a simple R call such as
>> plot(lgamma, -7, 0, n=1000)
>> would have saved many words, and notably spared us from
>> yet-another erroneous non-bug report.
>>
>> Martin
BB> In Kjetil's defense, he didn't submit an actual bug report --
BB> and although his subject line does contain the word "bug",
BB> I read his "bug report" as asking a question.
BB> People are allowed to make mistakes ...
definitely! We all are.
Using 'bug' (without any qualifying "?" or "possible" ..)
in the subject line is still a bit unfriendly...
BB> While I was reading ?lgamma I noticed that the "See Also"
BB> section refers to gammaCody(), which is now defunct. Perhaps
BB> remove the sentence?
Yes. Thank you, Ben!
Regards, Martin Maechler
BB> Ben Bolker
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