What’s the difference between identical(x, y) and isTRUE(all.equal(x, y))?
all.equal tests for near equality, while identical is more exact (e.g. it has no tolerance for differences, and it compares storage type). From ?identical: The function ‘all.equal’ is also sometimes used to test equality this way, but was intended for something different: it allows for small differences in numeric results. And one reason you would … Read more