R devel - Dec 2006 - possible bug in co.intervals when overlap=0

I apologize if this is just a misunderstanding on my part, but I was 
under the impression that the intervals returned by co.intervals should 
cover all the observations. Yet

x<-1:10
z<-co.intervals(x,overlap=0)

In R, z equals
      [,1] [,2]
[1,]  0.5  1.5
[2,]  2.5  3.5
[3,]  3.5  4.5
[4,]  5.5  6.5
[5,]  7.5  8.5
[6,]  8.5  9.5

Note in particular the second and last element of x are not covered by 
any of the intervals. In fact S-PLUS gives
     [,1] [,2]
[1,]    1    2
[2,]    3    3
[3,]    4    5
[4,]    6    7
[5,]    8    8
[6,]    9   10


Ben

This happens equally when overlap = 0.5 (the default).

Yes, it is a bug.  R does xr <- x[r + ii] with fractional r.

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Benjamin Tyner wrote:
> I apologize if this is just a misunderstanding on my part, but I was
> under the impression that the intervals returned by co.intervals should
> cover all the observations. Yet
>
> x<-1:10
> z<-co.intervals(x,overlap=0)
>
> In R, z equals
>      [,1] [,2]
> [1,]  0.5  1.5
> [2,]  2.5  3.5
> [3,]  3.5  4.5
> [4,]  5.5  6.5
> [5,]  7.5  8.5
> [6,]  8.5  9.5
>
> Note in particular the second and last element of x are not covered by
> any of the intervals. In fact S-PLUS gives
>     [,1] [,2]
> [1,]    1    2
> [2,]    3    3
> [3,]    4    5
> [4,]    6    7
> [5,]    8    8
> [6,]    9   10

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