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Rdatatable · Oct 1, 2024 · db1a600 · db1a600
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diff --git a/R/data.table.R b/R/data.table.R
@@ -2923,7 +2923,7 @@ setDT = function(x, keep.rownames=FALSE, key=NULL, check.names=FALSE) {
       }
     }
 
-    # setalloccol results in a shallow copy. Must be performed before class setting not to affect other copies of x (#4784)
+    # Done to avoid affecting other copies of x when we setattr() below (#4784)
     x = .shallow(x)
 
     rn = if (!identical(keep.rownames, FALSE)) rownames(x) else NULL