Yes, and I was wrong to say ylim=NULL was "more useful", I should have said "much easier to understand and much easier to read, debug and maintain". Of course for certain applications it IS worth getting to grips with "...", and other people's posts have been extremely useful in that regard.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Bolker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 September 2003 16:18 > To: Simon Fear > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; R help list > Subject: RE: [R] Retrieve ... argument values > > > Security Warning: > If you are not sure an attachment is safe to open please contact > Andy on x234. There are 0 attachments with this message. > ________________________________________________________________ > > > Yes, although this becomes tedious if (e.g.) you have a > function that > calls two different functions, each of which has many arguments (e.g. > plot() and barplot(); then you have to set up a whole lot of > arguments > that default to NULL and, more annoyingly, you have to > document them all > in any .Rd file you create -- rather than just having a ... argument > which > you can say should contain arguments for either of the > subfunctions (as > long as the arguments don't overlap, of course) > > Ben > > Simon Fear Senior Statistician Syne qua non Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1379 644449 Fax: +44 (0) 1379 644445 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.synequanon.com Number of attachments included with this message: 0 This message (and any associated files) is confidential and\...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
