[Rd] print.trellis(..., draw.in=...)

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On 5/21/06, Deepayan Sarkar <deepayan.sarkar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/21/06, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks.  I should have realized that.  Now that I read it again with
> > your explanation it is clear.
> >
> > At the same time it would be convenient if one could specify a viewport
> > or vpPath, as well.  If that were the case we could also eliminate the
> > names.* methods in this example. (These were included to encapsulate
> > access to them so that the main code does not muck around in the
> > internals.)
>
> Probably true, but that's a change that belongs in grid. I don't want
> to make unnecessary assumptions about grid functions and then be
> caught by an API change (which is one of the reasons I don't want to
> be explicit in ?print.trellis about what the 'draw.in' argument must
> be).
>
> Deepayan
>

I agree.  Maybe Paul will consider adding something to facilitate
using a name, viewport or vpPath interchangeably so the user
does not have to concern himself with such details.  This seems
like a good application of OO.