library("matrixStats") allocMatrix_R <- function(nrow, ncol, value = NA) { matrix(data = value, nrow = nrow, ncol = ncol) } values <- list( -1L, 0L, +1L, NA_integer_, .Machine$integer.max, -1, 0, +1, NA_real_, NaN, -Inf, +Inf, .Machine$double.xmin, .Machine$double.xmax, .Machine$double.eps, .Machine$double.neg.eps, FALSE, TRUE, NA ) nrow <- 2L ncol <- 3L for (value in values) { x0 <- allocMatrix_R(nrow, ncol, value = value) x <- allocMatrix(nrow, ncol, value = value) if (!identical(x, x0)) { str(list(nrow = nrow, ncol = ncol, value = value, x = x, x0 = x0)) stopifnot(identical(x, x0)) } }