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 [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.