[datatable-help] Restoring data.frame functionality for selecting columns

[Arunkumar Srinivasan]

Hi Joe, very glad to hear that `with = FALSE` wasn’t a *real hurdle* :-). 
I think it’s better to follow up / post further thoughts directly here: https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/1188

I’m less convinced that this would be a positive change at this moment :-(.


-- 
Arun

On 25 Jun 2015 at 18:31:56, Joe Matusik (jmatusik at leadid.com) wrote:

Hi Arun, 

Sorry for the massively late response, Of all the data.table hurdles that I had to jump, the 'with = FALSE' issue was one of the easiest to overcome. Having said that, removing any barriers to entry for new users without taking away from data.table's superior functionality is probably never going to be a bad thing. I'd say go for it.  

Thanks,

Joe

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 4:58 AM, Arunkumar Srinivasan <aragorn168b at gmail.com> wrote:
I’ve created an issue here on not having to need “with=FALSE” for subsetting things the data.frame way: https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/1188

It’d be nice to know what others think about this. I believe it’s a hinderance to new users trying to learn data.table, being confronted with a difference in the most basic data.frame operation up-front. And there’s no real harm in doing it.

Let us know what you think :-)

-- 
Arun

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