decimal places that are intended to be read as numeric, specify

which is fast for atomic vectors, based on a

, allowing to auto-extend the search interval when

needed.  The return value has an extra component,

% \item New \code{.lm.fit()} for benchmark lovers but not Joe

%% TODO: change in ../src/library/compiler/noweb/compiler.nw + ..../R/cmp.R

as this typically happens accidentally where the useR meant to

The parser has been modified to use less memory.

is now more consistent.  If there is no coercion, all attributes

(including class) are copied from the input to the result:

otherwise only names, dims and dimnames are.

non-opaque colours and a ramp in opacity via the new argument

.  (Suggested by Alberto Krone-Martins, but

optionally as there are existing uses which expect only RGB values.)

package to locate a GhostScript executable.  (This is

an enhanced version of a previously internal function there.)

rendered correctly on viewers which have access to Monotype

TrueType fonts (which are sometimes requested by journals).

gains accuracy in some cases, e.g., inside

There is more support to explore the system's idea of

system setting by name (and succeeds at least on Linux, OS X,

classes for date-times outside the 32-bit range

(before 1902 or after 2037): the existing workarounds are used on

other platforms.  (Note that time-zone information for post-2037

is speculative at best, and the OS services are tested for known

Unix-alike 64-bit platforms: however in several cases the

(for both architectures as from this version).

and friends now have support for arrays and

integer vector (for example, when called from

now works with longer inputs, from the 12

million previously supported up to 2 billion.  (

, the complex analogue of the routine used for the

input encoding is declared to be UTF-8, regardless of the

local encoding.  The UTF-8 encoding may now be declared using

Printing of date-times will make use of the time-zone

abbreviation in use at the time, if known.  For example, for Paris

For platforms which support it, there is also a component