Yes, but "monkeyBars" doesn't have quite the same pithiness for a package name.
Anyway, the dual dispatch mechanism sounds most interesting. I assume that means we'd have to define some sort of base "normalizeParam" class, and then derive "csawNormParam" and "swingsNormParam" subclasses, so that specific methods can be defined for each signature. - Aaron Martin Morgan wrote: > > On 04/26/2016 05:28 PM, Michael Lawrence wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Martin Morgan > > <martin.mor...@roswellpark.org> wrote: > >> > > >> >On 04/26/2016 04:47 PM, Michael Lawrence wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >>On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Aaron Lun<a...@wehi.edu.au> > wrote: > ... > >>>> >>>BiocGenerics. However, if some other hypothetical package > (I'll call it > >>>> >>>"swings", for argument's sake) were to define a normalize() > method with a > ... > >> >I like the dual dispatch method quite a bit (but wonder why we get > several >>> >swings but only one csaw? Maybe a csaw implies two participants >>> [though I >>> >think I once in a while csaw-ed alone], so a singular csaw and a >>> pair of >>> >swings balance out?), partly because it's very easy to extend >>> (write another >>> >method) and the second argument can be either lightweight or >>> parameterized. >>> > >> I could go along with the dual dispatch. "Swings" is short for "Set of >> swings". Usually, there are several swings in a row, but only one >> see-saw. >> > > Googling for "how many swings per see-saw" took me to > > https://www.cpsc.gov//PageFiles/108601/playgrnd.pdf > > where it is apparent that swings are much more dangerous than see-saws > (e.g., 51 matches for "swing" versus 4 for "see-saw"; "Swings ... were > involved in about 19 ... percent of injuries ... See-saws accounted > for about three percent"; "Homemade rope, tire, or tree swings were > also involved in a number of hanging deaths" [no mention of death by > see-saw]). > > I think for the sake of our users, especially our younger users, we do > not want to consider swings, or even methods on swings, further. > > Martin > > > This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the > employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the > intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, > copying, distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If > you have received this message in error, please notify the sender > immediately by e-mail and delete this email message from your > computer. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
