method is more consistent with the default

uses the namespace of the function it is called from.

allows the default name for an attached file

concise (and slightly more efficient) code.

returns, invisibly, a generator function for the new class,

an integer argument, to display a current stack trace. (Wish of

a new generic function by supplying the default method as the

will use the native byte-order for binary serializations.  In

scenarios where only little-endian machines are involved (these

days, close to universal) and (un)serialization takes an

appreciable amount of time this may speed up noticeably

The internal (un)serialization code is faster for long

vectors, particularly with XDR on some platforms.  (Based on a

For consistency, circles with zero radius are omitted by

device-dependent, but they were usually invisible.

looks appropriate, e.g., also for more generalized

before the browser stops on entering a function.  (Suggestion of

use in programming where ultimate speed is required.

calculating (recursive) (reverse) dependencies on package databases

add a filled-contour rectangular plot to an already prepared plot

The stepping in debugging and single-step browsing modes has

changed slightly: now left braces at the start of the body are

code as the base one but with a different environment.  (An

When deparsing very large language objects,

approximately 500 bytes, rather than truncating to the first

Packages may now specify actions to be taken when the

tries harder to preserve other attributes of the argument.  (Wish

points than the degree.  (Requested by John Fox.)

A default cluster can be registered by the new function

which can be used to avoid byte-shuffling for

serialization when all the nodes are known to be little-endian (or

Non-ASCII vignettes without a declared encoding are no

C/C++ code in packages is now compiled with

in production use.  Developers can turn this off during package

which on Mac OS X (Darwin) dumps the symbols alongside the

file: this is helpful when debugging with

(and especially when installing packages into