Re: st: RE: scalar troubles?

[Edwin Leuven <e.leuven@uva.nl>]

> (This applies not just to -display-, but to any context that refers to a 
> single value, rather than the whole dataset's set of values.)
>
> I also find it odd, and have never found it useful.  Does anyone find it 
> useful? I would not have designed it that way, and have always found it 
> to be a potential source of error rather than a convenience.
default behavior which uses the scalar seems more logical indeed, but 
perhaps the current default is well argued (although i can't see how)

edwin

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