I apologize if this issue has been raised before.
I really like object oriented S3 programming.
However, there's one feature of object oriented S3 programming that I don't
like.
Generic functions can have arguments other than dots.
Lets say you have an R package with something like:
print.myfunction (f, ...)
{ dosomething (f, ...)
}
Noting that I use function objects a lot.
R CMD check will generate a warning because you've named your object f
rather than x.
I don't want to name my object x.
I want to name my object f.
Naming the object x makes the program unreadable.
Especially if f contains an attribute or an argument named x.
There's a work around.
You can redefine the print function, using something like:
print = function (...) base::print (...)
However, you have to export and document the function.
I think that it would be better if generic functions didn't have any
arguments except for dots.
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