On Mar 30, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Bryan Hanson wrote: > I think I more or less understand what a “wrapper” is, but I’d like > to hear > how more experienced R users define it, and especially I'd like to > know if > there is a formal definition. In my reading, it seems like there > are a > fairly wide range of meanings, but they are all conceptually similar. > > I've looked in a couple of the classic R texts, the extensions and > developers' manuals, and R help archives, and didn't find a > definition. Of > course, I may have missed it. > > Thanks in advance. Bryan
This is a general programming question, likely. This might offer a starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrapper_pattern Greetings from Hanover, IN > ************** > Bryan Hanson > Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry > DePauw University Haris Skiadas Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Hanover College ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.