2017-11-30 15:54 GMT+01:00 Suzen, Mehmet <mehmet.su...@gmail.com>: > > > On 30 Nov 2017 14:32, "Iñaki Úcar" <i.uca...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> >>> Am I supposed to read every reference on a man page just to know what >>> to expect from a function? >>> >> >> If the reference is from John Chamber, you are supposed to read it. > > As a joke, it's funny. > > > > Not a joke. John Chambers is the authority in R object systems. Please do > not mock him or resources pointing to his works.
I perfectly know John Chambers' work, thank you, and there was no mockery towards him. If you really believe that references should be needed to know what to expect from a function call, then we work with different definitions of "manual". But judging from the excellent R documentation, I would say that the R maintainers don't share your view. Iñaki ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
