[R] Definition of wrapper?

2008-03-30 Thread Bryan Hanson
I think I more or less understand what a ³wrapper² is, but I¹d 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

Re: [R] Definition of wrapper?

2008-03-30 Thread Charilaos Skiadas
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

Re: [R] Definition of wrapper?

2008-03-30 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
The wrapper wraps, i.e. calls, another function that does the real work but provides a different or more convenient (or more convenient for a specific purpose) interface to it or specific syntax. Often the wrapper has the same arguments but different defaults and sometimes that is referred to as