On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM Martin Maechler <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote: > > >>>>> Martin Maechler > >>>>> on Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:49:16 +0100 writes: > > >>>>> Henrik Bengtsson > >>>>> on Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:55:05 -0700 writes: > > >>> I'm pretty convinced we should fix it by checking for > >>> primitive functions inside the C code of `attributes<-` : > >>> arguably the bug is really there, rather than in > >>> structure(). > >>> > >>> Patches are welcome (via R's Bugzilla or just here). > > >> Thank you Martin. I'll make sure I create a brief BugZilla > >> report on this, and hopefully a follow with a patch later > >> on. > > >> One question on urgency or not: Is it too late to get such > >> a change in for the R 4.5.0 release? I suspect so, because > >> it has a potential of breaking existing packages. But if > >> there's a possibility of fixing this in R 4.5.0, I'll make > >> this a top priority. Please let me know. > > >> /Henrik > > > In such cases, I always go to https://developer.r-project.org/ > > and look at the release schedule. > > > Important for this Q seems > > > * Friday 2025-03-14: GRAND-FEATURE FREEZE (4.5.0 alpha) > > * Friday 2025-03-28: FEATURE FREEZE (4.5.0 beta) > > * Friday 2025-04-04: CODE FREEZE (4.5.0 RC) > > > So, yes there's a possibility ... but as you mentioned, too, > > it depends quite a bit on if the fix is easily affectiong useR > > and CRAN/Bioc package space. > > > Martin > > As a matter of fact, I'm testing already a simple patch I wrote > myself. > So, sorry, but I must renounce the above "Patches are welcome".
Excellent and even better (for me). Thank you Martin! /Henrik > > Martin ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
