Greg Snow wrote:
Your example could also be used as an argument against allowing '=' as a shortcut for <-
after all if you are used to using <- (rather than =) then you will see the problem with
x<-2 right off. But if we eliminate <- and only use =, then how do you do:
mean( x <- rnorm(100) )
Or
system.time( output <- longrunningfunction(args) )
Is
mean( { x=rnorm(100) } )
Really and improvement?
Certainly not in my mind!
For me, here is certainly an undefinable aesthetic appeal to the '<-'
assignment operator. The visual requirement of seeing '<-' for me is so
strong, that even when running example code from this list, I must
replace all assignments done with '=' to '<-' before submitting them to
R! I've also noticed that there seems to be an association between using
'=' for assignments and writing code with 0 spaces per line in it. Of
course, I insist on fixing that before running the code, too. :)
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