[R] Over-writing functions from other packages? What is a good strategy??

Alberto Monteiro albmont at centroin.com.br
Wed Mar 21 12:06:51 CET 2007


Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>
> Could you call yours Edges?
>
Is it a good idea to have two different functions, whose name
differs by case sensitivity? I believe this is a shortcut to
Chaos :-)

IMHO, case sensitivity should _only_ be used for aesthetical
purposes, else it may result in errors that are very difficult
to find. Of course, YKMV.[*]

Alberto Monteiro
 
[*] I always use S.I. units :-)



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