R 1.4.1
sum() tries to keep the result integer, although that is not
currently documented (and I am about to change it).
> x <- as.integer(2^30)
> x
1) inconsistent in warning or not:
> sum(x, x)
[1] NA> sum(c(x, x))
[1] NA
Warning message:
Integer overflow in sum(.); use sum(as.numeric(.))
2) It's order-dependent:
> sum(0.0, x, x)
[1] 2147483648> typeof(.Last.value)
[1] "double"> sum(x, x, 0.0)
[1] NA> typeof(.Last.value)
[1] "double"
I believe that it should calculate in integers only if *all* the
arguments are integers, that is behave like
> sum(c(x, x, 0.0))
[1] 2147483648
--
Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
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