[Rd] matplot.Date & matplot.POSIXct

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


       Roughly a decade ago, I added "matplot.Date" and 
"matplot.POSIXct" to the "fda" package, so we could get reasonable 
labeling of the horizontal axis when "x" was class "Date" or "POSIXct".  
I also added a local version of "matplot.default" that just changes the 
defaults for "xlab" and "ylab".


       Would anyone care to comment on this?


       In particular, might there be any interest among the R Core Team 
of adding "matplot.Date" and "matplot.POSIXct" to the "graphics" package?


       Secondarily, might anyone have any thoughts about the defaults 
for "xlab" and "ylab" in "graphics::matplot"?


       I ask, because the Jim Ramsay, Giles Hooker and I are preparing a 
new release of "fda", and Jim asked me if we needed to to have "matplot" 
masking "graphics::matplot".  Rather than answer that question, I 
thought I would ask a larger question of this group.


       Thanks,
       Spencer Graves