How do I manipulate/access elements of an instance of “dist” class using core R?

Question

A basic/common class in R is called \"dist\", and is a relatively efficient representation of a symmetric distance matrix. Unlike a \"matrix\" object,

Answer 1

disto package provides a class that wraps distance matrices in R (in-memory and out-of-core) and provides much more than the convenience operators like [. Please check the vignette here.

PS: I am the author of the package.