I have never used   ->  but I noticed at 

        http://github.com/jiho/r-utils/blob/master/beamer_colors.R

that some people do.  In fact, the above-named code has a sort of elegance 
about it (except for the use of "=" for assignment...).  To my eye,  ->   calls 
to mind a type of assignment that is meant to stand out.  For example, perhaps 
it would make sense to use  ->  to assign to things that are not expected to 
vary through the rest of the code block.

Q1: is there a convention, informal or otherwise, on when to use the   ->   
operator?

Q2: if there is no convention, but if people think a convention might help, 
what would that convention be?

Dan Kelley, PhD
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Dept. Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS B3H 4J1
kelley....@gmail.com (1-minute path on US server) or dan.kel...@dal.ca (2-hour 
path on Cdn server)
Phone 902 494 1694;  Fax  902 494 3877








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