R help - Jul 2010 - Correct function name for text display of S4 object

Hello,

I am working on an R package for storing order book data. I currently 
have a display method that has the following output (ob is an S4 object):


display(ob)


Current time is 09:35:02

          Price      Ask Size

--------------------------------------

          11.42      900

          11.41      1,400

          11.40      1,205

          11.39      1,600

          11.38      400

--------------------------------------

2,700      11.36

1,100      11.35

1,100      11.34

1,600      11.33

700       11.32

--------------------------------------

Bid Size      Price

The package already has show, summary, and plot methods.

Is there a more conventional name than display for the above output, or 
is display as good as any other name?

Thanks,

Andrew

On 13.07.2010 03:35, Andrew Liu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am working on an R package for storing order book data. I currently
> have a display method that has the following output (ob is an S4 object):
>
>
> display(ob)
>
>
> Current time is 09:35:02
>
> Price Ask Size
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> 11.42 900
>
> 11.41 1,400
>
> 11.40 1,205
>
> 11.39 1,600
>
> 11.38 400
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> 2,700 11.36
>
> 1,100 11.35
>
> 1,100 11.34
>
> 1,600 11.33
>
> 700 11.32
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> Bid Size Price
>
> The package already has show, summary, and plot methods.
>
> Is there a more conventional name than display for the above output, or
> is display as good as any other name?
Well, if show/print and summary are already dong different things, then 
go with a new name ....

Uwe Ligges

>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
>
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