R help - Feb 1999 - dim enquiry

This is a minor question, but is there any difference between the two
objects

fred <- structure(1:10, dim = c(2,5))

and

fred <- structure(1:10, .Dim = c(2,5))

Should I be using one rather than the other?  Thanks, Jonathan.

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Department of Mathematical Sciences    South Road
University of Durham                   Durham DH1 3LE

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Jonathan Rougier <J.C.Rougier at durham.ac.uk> writes:
> This is a minor question, but is there any difference between the two
> objects
> 
> fred <- structure(1:10, dim = c(2,5))
> 
> and
> 
> fred <- structure(1:10, .Dim = c(2,5))
No:

R> dput(structure(1:10, dim = c(2,5)))
structure(c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), .Dim = c(2, 5))
R> dput(structure(1:10, .Dim = c(2,5)))
structure(c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), .Dim = c(2, 5))
> Should I be using one rather than the other?  Thanks, Jonathan.
I think the dim= form is marginally better. .Dim gets internally
converted to dim anyway. (But don't ask me why dput represents it
using .Dim...)

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