fix #4784 (standalone)

[OfekShilon]

Closes #4784 and #4816

Per maintainers' request - a PR containing just a single fix for 4784.

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Codecov Report

Merging #4901 (c6ccf74) into master (79c3d3e) will decrease coverage by 0.00%.
The diff coverage is 100.00%.

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##           master    #4901      +/-   ##
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- Coverage   99.46%   99.46%   -0.01%     
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  Files          75       75              
  Lines       14707    14705       -2     
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- Hits        14629    14627       -2     
  Misses         78       78              

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
src/assign.c	99.70% <ø> (-0.01%)	⬇️
R/data.table.R	99.94% <100.00%> (ø)

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[OfekShilon]

Will close also #4816

[OfekShilon]

I actually think the reduction in test coverage is a false positive, and anyway is tiny. Will this be accepted for merge?

[OfekShilon]

The reported reduction in test-coverage is only due to (justified) deletion of 2 covered lines: https://codecov.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/43000634519-unexpected-drop-in-project-coverage-for-pull-request
Is there still a reason not to merge this?
@MichaelChirico

[OfekShilon]

Hey. Is there anything more needed to have this merged? Thanks.

[OfekShilon]

@jangorecki @MichaelChirico Is there anything unclear, or otherwise missing, to merge this fix?