On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Rolf Turner <rolf.tur...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > On 19/05/11 10:26, bill.venab...@csiro.au wrote: > <SNIP> >> >> Most of [the Google style guide's] advice is very good (meaning I agree >> with it!) but some is a bit too much (for example, the blanket advice never >> to use S4 classes and methods - that's just resisting progress, in my view). > > <SNIP> > > I must respectfully disagree with this view, and concur heartily with the > style guide. S4 classes and methods are a ball-and-chain that one has to drag > along. > [snip]
Perhaps, but people say that about the package documentation requirements too. As effortful as they may be at times, the advantages of formal classes seem worth at least not entirely dismissing. Cheers, Josh ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
