Prof J C Nash (U30A)
2013-Oct-08 14:44 UTC
[R] rbenchmark: why is function benchmark back-quoted?
I'm wondering what the purpose of the back-quoting of the name is, since benchmark seems a valid name. The language reference does mention back-quoting names to make them syntactic names, but I found no explanation of the "why". Can someone give a concise reason? JN
Duncan Murdoch
2013-Oct-08 15:12 UTC
[R] rbenchmark: why is function benchmark back-quoted?
On 08/10/2013 10:44 AM, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote:> I'm wondering what the purpose of the back-quoting of the name is, since > benchmark seems a valid name. The language reference does mention > back-quoting names to make them syntactic names, but I found no > explanation of the "why". > > Can someone give a concise reason?It has no effect, so it is just a matter of style. You'd have to ask the maintainer why he likes that style, or what tool he used to produce the source code. Duncan Murdoch
Jeff Newmiller
2013-Oct-08 15:15 UTC
[R] rbenchmark: why is function benchmark back-quoted?
Your use of the English language is failing to communicate. You mention
"the name" when "name" is not a proper noun. Are you
referring to some specific example?
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"Prof J C Nash (U30A)" <nashjc at uottawa.ca>
wrote:>I'm wondering what the purpose of the back-quoting of the name is,
>since
>benchmark seems a valid name. The language reference does mention
>back-quoting names to make them syntactic names, but I found no
>explanation of the "why".
>
>Can someone give a concise reason?
>
>JN
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