On 6/30/2006 10:49 AM, Allen S. Rout wrote: > Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> - It breaks the partial argument matching, e.g. >> >> foo1(siz = 3) >> >> would act just like the above, instead of like >> >> foo1(size = 3) > > > Is this viewed as a feature? Having ( dataset=3 ) foul the namespace > for d, da, dat, data, etc... sounds miserable to me.
I think there are mixed feelings about whether it is a feature or a misfeature, but it's a very old property of the S language. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel