base::cbind vs dplyr::bind_cols

I ran into some trouble while converting some my codes to tidyverse, and the bind_cols returned some error message:

"Arguement 2 must be length 1, not 3"

Apparently, base:cbind recycle the 1-row dataframe, while dplyr::bind_cols does not.

A quick google gives me the github reply.

The key message from the developer is:

this would add a lot of complexity to the implementation, and allow for mistakes. You can already use add_column().

I am convinced, I was not trying to bind a dataframe with recycling, I was adding a column to the dataframe.

If it is different action, use a different verb(function).

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