[Rd] dots and ldots in R 1.4.0

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Peter Kleiweg <kleiweg@let.rug.nl> writes:

> I have a package with in the documentation:
>  in \usage :    \dots
>  in \arguments: \ldots
> 
> This is how I interpreted "Use \dots for the dots in function
> argument lists ..., and \ldots for ellipsis dots in ordinary
> text"  in "Writing R Extensions".
> 
> When I did `R CMD check' in R version 1.3.1 all was fine.
> With R version 1.4.0 I get :
>   * checking for undocumented arguments in \usage ... WARNING
>   Undocumented arguments in documentation object `FOO':
>   [1] "..."
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?

Not really, the checks got stricter. You just need to supply a
line describing what the "..." arguments are for. 

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