[R] Programming objects in R

[Krzysztof Sakrejda-Leavitt]

Tom Backer Johnsen wrote:
> This is interesting.  The fact that there are so few texts on the 
> subject probably means that very few are using OO programming methods in R.

That's overstating the problem.  I frequently run into OO R packages and 
many of them are very nicely done.  Some good examples you could follow 
are the packages: 'simecol','lme4', and 'pomp'.

The main issue I see is that R's OO model is different than C++/PHP/Java 
(the ones I'm familiar with).  Due to that difference a resource tightly 
focused on programming technique would be very valuable---it would make 
the process of getting into writing 'correct' OO packages simpler.

Best,

Krzysztof

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Krzysztof Sakrejda-Leavitt

Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
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