The generic stats::median method is defined as
median <- function (x, na.rm = FALSE) {UseMethod("median")}
I suggest that this should become
median <- function (x, na.rm = FALSE, ...) {UseMethod("median")}
This would allow additional S3 methods to be developed with additional
arguments.
Currently I have to over-ride this generic definition in the
demography package because median.demogdata has several other
arguments.
This shouldn't break any code, and will make it easier for new S3
methods to be developed. It is also consistent with almost all other
S3 methods which do include an ellipsis.
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Rob J Hyndman
Professor of Statistics, Monash University
www.robjhyndman.com
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