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From 07/16/2009 to 08/14/2009

08/14/2009

04:42 PM Kepler Bug #4318: RExpression NA converts to string "nil", not value nil
Ok, now I'm just getting confused again. How many different nils are there? Is there a simple way to robustly test ... Oliver Soong
02:57 PM Kepler Bug #4318 (Resolved): RExpression NA converts to string "nil", not value nil
When RExpression exports an NA value, it gets converted to the string "nil", not the actual nil value. See attached ... Oliver Soong

08/13/2009

03:54 PM Kepler Bug #4087: No reset/x button to clear component searches
First, it works on Windows. The current behavior is functional and convenient. It's good enough to use for now.
Se...
Oliver Soong
02:18 PM Kepler Bug #4312: Clicking cancel on "sure you want to exit" dialog exits anyway
I'm not seeing this on XP. Oliver Soong

08/10/2009

03:35 PM Metacat Bug #4301: sessionid in the URL creates end-user difficulty
Oh, this is a small but frustrating UI enhancement thing that doesn't involve any of metacat's underlying functionali... Oliver Soong
03:34 PM Metacat Bug #4301 (New): sessionid in the URL creates end-user difficulty
Using a plain URL, one cannot access datasets that require authentication. Alternatively, a link of the form http://... Oliver Soong
03:16 PM Metacat Bug #3217: Create simple tranformations to present permissions error messages in styled format
It would be useful to have the error page for insufficient privileges also provide a login prompt so that one could i... Oliver Soong

07/30/2009

09:37 AM Kepler Bug #4270: RExpression exports special characters in strings as the 2 character escaped sequence
I did a little digging, and the escape sequences R uses in deparsing (core of dput) seems to be handled in the Encode... Oliver Soong

07/28/2009

04:25 PM Kepler Bug #4270: RExpression exports special characters in strings as the 2 character escaped sequence
I think it'd be better to handle this more rigorously by searching specifically for special escape sequences (\", \\,... Oliver Soong
03:31 PM Kepler Bug #4276 (Resolved): RExpression temp files can collide
There is an as of yet unsubmitted patch that should fix collisions with symbols in record names that are invalid in f... Oliver Soong
03:29 PM Kepler Bug #3807: reserved symbols in record names passed to the RExpression actor generate a missing R error message
The original summary of the bug has been addressed, so I'm closing this and will open a new one for the additional fi... Oliver Soong

07/27/2009

02:37 PM Kepler Bug #4274: Metacat authentication fails under trunk, not under pre-alpha branch
Does trunk have such a distinction? I'm not entirely sure what QuerySource is, but the data source from the Sources ... Oliver Soong
02:01 PM Kepler Bug #4274 (Resolved): Metacat authentication fails under trunk, not under pre-alpha branch
I can't search or access KNB datasets that require authentication. The console stops after:
ldap authenticating......
Oliver Soong
01:50 PM Kepler Bug #4273 (New): Ctrl+E operates on mouse position, not selection
This is a UI concern, but if I select an actor, then move the mouse over a different actor, then Ctrl+E, it will open... Oliver Soong
01:10 PM Kepler Bug #4272 (Resolved): RExpression cannot handle irregular Record tokens
If I pass a record along the lines of {a = 1, b = {2, 3}} into an RExpression, it will choke since it can't form a da... Oliver Soong
01:06 PM Kepler Bug #4271 (Resolved): RExpression fails when options(echo = FALSE) is set
insert an options(echo = FALSE) in RExpression code without a matching options(echo = TRUE), and it will fail to outp... Oliver Soong
01:03 PM Kepler Bug #4270 (Resolved): RExpression exports special characters in strings as the 2 character escaped sequence
Let's say I want to export the string "alpha", including the double quotes, on the port a from an RExpression actor. ... Oliver Soong
12:46 PM Kepler Bug #4268 (New): RExpression output ports search entire search path for objects to export
This is debatable, but currently the RExpression actor will search the entire search path for an object to export to ... Oliver Soong
12:39 PM Kepler Bug #3807: reserved symbols in record names passed to the RExpression actor generate a missing R error message
By way of update, Ben partially committed a patch for me that should mostly fix this. If I recall correctly, the rem... Oliver Soong
12:29 PM Kepler Bug #4267 (Resolved): RExpression converts nil input into "NA"
If I pass a nil input token to RExpression, it produces an R variable that contains the string "NA" (2 letters) rathe... Oliver Soong
 

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