Re: [Rd] Package naming best practices

2006-06-16 Thread hadley wickham
Hi Jeff, I'd recommend you name it something you can google easily (ie. that there are few (or no) hits currently from google). That way it's really easy to tell people how to find the package/your webpage. Hadley On 6/15/06, Jeff Enos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > R-devel, > > I'm in the proces

Re: [Rd] Package naming best practices

2006-06-14 Thread Kasper Daniel Hansen
Only personal preferences, although you might argue that the two naming schemes hints at a package using either S3 or S4 methodology. Some packages also has a all cap naming scheme like PortfolioSim. But why not follow part of the R community and choose an incomprehensible abbreviation like