[Rd] Re: Packages and Libraries (was: Re: lme4 "package" etc ..)

[A.J. Rossini]

But I don't see a problem with "package("package")", though I'm sure
I'm missing something.

It really would end this constant confusion and save various folks
approx 15 minutes/week in knee-jerk responses, eh?

best,
-tony


On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:09:42 +0100, Martin Maechler
<maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
> >>>>> "tony" == A J Rossini <blindglobe at gmail.com>
> >>>>>     on Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:33:23 +0100 writes:
> 
>    tony> For OBVIOUS reasons, is there any chance that we could introduce
>    tony> "package()" and deprecate "library()"?
> 
> This idea is not new {as you must surely have guessed}. In fact,
> there's a much longer standing proposition of  "usePackage()"
> (IIRC, or "use.package()" ?).  However, we (R-core) always had
> wanted to also provide a ``proper'' class named "package"
> along with this, but for several reasons didn't get around to it.. yet.
> 
> -- I've diverted to R-devel now that we are really talking about
>   desired future behavior of R
> 
>    tony> (well, I'll also ask if we could deprecate "=" for assignment, but
>    tony> that's hopeless).
> :-)
> 
>    tony> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:49:39 +0100, Martin Maechler
>    tony> <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
>    >> >>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Khomski <pkhomski at wiwi.uni-bielefeld.de>
>    >> >>>>>     on Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:20:03 +0100 writes:
>    >>
>    Pavel> this is a question, how can i specify the random part
>    Pavel> in the GLMM-call (of the lme4 library) for compound
>    Pavel> matrices just in the the same way as they defined in
>    Pavel> the lme-Call (of the nlme library).
>    >>
>    >> ``twice in such a short paragraph -- yikes !!'' ... I'm getting
>    >> convulsive...
>    >>
>    >> There is NO lme4 library nor an nlme one !
>    >> There's the lme4 *PACKAGE* and the nlme *PACKAGE* -- please --
>    >>
>    >> ....................
> 


-- 
best,
-tony

"Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily
roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).

A.J. Rossini
blindglobe at gmail.com