on 6/19/2006 1:32 PM Spencer Graves said the following: > I'd like to echo Duncan's comment about creating 'man' pages for > functions. I find myself writing man pages for functions I may never > include in an R package, just because it helps me think through what > I'm trying to do. I think I get better code faster. It's like > preparing a map before starting on a journey through unknown > territory: I may think I know the destination and more or less every > step of the way. However, if it's very far, it helps to make a plan > first; then when I encounter something I hadn't anticipated, it makes > it much easier to figure out what to do without sabotaging something else.
Yes, I agree on the value of planning and documentation. I hope this year to have the time to learn the package-generation system, which on first impression seems a bit trickier on Windows than on Unix etc. Last but not least, thanks for the tips on load() vs. attach(). ...Mike -- Michael Prager, Ph.D. Southeast Fisheries Science Center NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 ** Opinions expressed are personal, not official. No ** official endorsement of any product is made or implied. ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
