R devel - Oct 2012 - Minor edit to R-ints doc will be needed for R-2.15.2: axis() no longer uses .Internal()

Hello,

The second paragraph of Chapter 2: .Internal vs .Primitive of R-ints
uses axis() as an example of a function that uses .Internal(). Here's
the quote:
> Functions using .Internal() wrapped in a closure are in general preferred
as this ensures
> standard handling of named and default arguments. For example, axis is
defined as
>
> axis <- function(side, at = NULL, labels = NULL, ...)
> .Internal(axis(side, at, labels, ...))
As of R-2.15.2, though, this will no longer be true; as noted in the
Code Migration section of R-devel NEWS file:
> The C code underlying base graphics has been migrated to the graphics
package
> (and hence no longer uses .Internal() calls).
So, a different example may be needed.

(Please let me know if a message of this type is better directed
somewhere else, or if it should wait until after some milestone in the
development cycle.)

Thanks,

Josh

On 02/10/2012 22:17, Josh O'Brien wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The second paragraph of Chapter 2: .Internal vs .Primitive of R-ints
> uses axis() as an example of a function that uses .Internal(). Here's
> the quote:
>
>> Functions using .Internal() wrapped in a closure are in general
preferred as this ensures
>> standard handling of named and default arguments. For example, axis is
defined as
>>
>> axis <- function(side, at = NULL, labels = NULL, ...)
>> .Internal(axis(side, at, labels, ...))
>
> As of R-2.15.2, though, this will no longer be true; as noted in the
> Code Migration section of R-devel NEWS file:
>
>> The C code underlying base graphics has been migrated to the graphics
package
>> (and hence no longer uses .Internal() calls).
>
> So, a different example may be needed.
Not for 2.15.2 (which is not even mentioned in that file but will 
include the changes for 2.15.1 patched): that section of NEWS is about 
R-devel.
> (Please let me know if a message of this type is better directed
> somewhere else, or if it should wait until after some milestone in the
> development cycle.)
Yes, when R 2.16.0 is in its alpha/beta test period.  You are commenting 
on a change (code migration) that is still in progress. Manuals are 
reviewed once a R 2.x.0 version goes into feature-freeze.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
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