On 12-11-04 8:16 AM, Bretschneider SIG-R wrote:> Dear R people,
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> In typing names of functions (built in or from a package) I often guess
wrong, and have to look the name up.
> In other words, I don't understand the logic in naming functions (if
there is any):
R and its packages have been written by hundreds (thousands?) of people,
and they do not use consistent naming conventions. Perhaps a convention
should have been enforced from the beginning, but it's too late now.
Duncan Murdoch
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> - most names are plain, lower case: cos, plot, sapply, t, toupper,
unserialize, (etc)
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> - some are capitalized: Filter, Machine, Map, NCOL, RNGversion, T
(etc)
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> - many are dotted: as.complex, as.data.frame.array, merge.data.frame,
write.dcf (etc)
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> The manual "Creating R Packages" states that it depends on the
classes and instances. I couldn't find more hints.
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> And there's more:
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> - using underscore characters: check_tzones, Cstack_info,
R_system_version (etc)
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> - using interCapping: closeAllConnections, rawToChar, rowSums,
toString, tryCatch, writeLines (etc)
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> - using dots and intercapping: as.Date, julian.Date, toString.default
(etc)
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> So, an entire zoo of function names.
> Did I miss a system, or is it arbitrary (within the set of accepted
characters) ?
> What is the best way to name one's own functions?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Franklin Bretschneider
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