On Oct 2, 2012, at 13:35 , Hadley Wickham wrote:

>>> What is the special meaning for the method name start with a dot?
>> 
>> It means nothing in particular, except that such objects don't show up in 
>> ls() by default. The _intention_ is usually that the function is only to be 
>> used internally and not for end-user use.
> 
> But these days, if you're writing a package, you're better off using 
> namespaces.

Sure, but that doesn't keep package writers from using that kind of naming 
convention for non-exported objects. (Notice that this started as a question 
about reading 3rd party source codes.)

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