[BioC] v is for values()

[Steve Lianoglou]

But honestly tho:

> back to emd() or dat() or some such then?

The difference between values and emd/dat is 3 characters -- is this
really going to make a difference? A one-letter accessor or bust! (or
use `$` already! :)

But also:

Are you accessing the values() alot, or changing/adding to them?

I should check, but do the with/within constructs work with DataFrame
objects, maybe going that route can help in the tedium?

For example, when you're accessing the elementMetadata() often:

with(values(gr), {
  ## do lots of stuff w/ the columns
})

or if you want to tack on a bunch of junk to the metadata:

values(gr) <- within(values(gr), {
  ## what
  ## ever
  ## return some augmented version of your values()
})

You know?

-steve

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Steve Lianoglou
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 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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