Fix test relying on deprecated behavior comparing language objects (#…

…5986)

* fix test relying on deprecated behavior comparing language objects

* NEWS

NEWS.md

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 1. Optimized `shift` per group produced wrong results when simultaneously subsetting, for example, `DT[i==1L, shift(x), by=group]`, [#5962](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/5962). Thanks to @renkun-ken for the report and Benjamin Schwendinger for the fix.
 
+## NOTES
+
+1. Updated a test relying on `>` working for comparing language objects to a string, which will be deprecated by R, [#5977](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/5977); no user-facing effect. Thanks to R-core for continuously improving the language.
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 # data.table [v1.15.2](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/milestone/32) (27 Feb 2024)
 
 ## BUG FIXES
@@ -14,7 +18,7 @@
 
 2. `shift()` of a vector in grouped queries (under GForce) returns a vector, consistent with `shift()` in other contexts, [#5939](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/5939). Thanks @shrektan for the report and @MichaelChirico for the fix.
 
-# data.table [v1.15.0](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/milestone/29)  (14 Jan 2024)
+# data.table [v1.15.0](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/milestone/29)  (30 Jan 2024)
 
 ## BREAKING CHANGE
 

inst/tests/tests.Rraw

@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ test(578, X[Y,verbose=TRUE], data.table(a=c("D","B"), v=c(4L,2L)),  # no key bec
 
 # Test that logical i in set() returns helpful error
 DT = data.table(a=1:3,b=4:6)
-test(580, set(DT,a<3,"b",0L), error="simply wrap with which(), and take the which() outside the loop if possible for efficiency")
+test(580, set(DT,DT$a<3,"b",0L), error="simply wrap with which(), and take the which() outside the loop if possible for efficiency")
 
 # Test by on empty tables (and when i returns no rows), #1945
 DT = data.table(a=1:3,v=1:6)