Considering that the package.skeleton() function really is a "package
writer" of sorts, I agree that "package author" is clearer.

Kevin


On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Davor Cubranic <cubra...@stat.ubc.ca> wrote:

> In a conversation with a programmer new to writing R packages, he mentioned
> that he was very confused by phrase "package writer" used in the document,
> and said that he "[was] literally imagining some sort of function that
> writes something related to packages".
>
> I can see his point: not only is it confusing, but I think it's also bad
> English (one wouldn't say "the novel's writer"). Can this be changed to
> "package author"?
>
> Davor
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