[Bioc-devel] Candidates for BiocGenerics

[Hervé Pagès]

Hi Benilton, Sean,

On 03/01/2012 08:18 AM, Sean Davis wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Benilton Carvalho
> <beniltoncarvalho at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm implementing a few things in oligo and I wonder if it'd make sense to have
>>
>> boxplot/coef/image/ncol/residuals
>>
>> defined in BiocGenerics?
>>
>> If it's only me using them, I'm happy to have everything in oligo.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> It seems that if someone is proposing a generic for functionality
> already in base R, that generic is by definition a good candidate for
> inclusion in BiocGenerics.

I agree.

> Are there downsides to having this be a
> criterion for inclusion?

Not that I know of.

I'll add boxplot, coef, image, ncol and residuals to BiocGenerics today.
I'll also add nrow, NROW, NCOL and dim, which are all interconnected
with ncol.

Cheers,
H.

>
> Sean
>
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