[Rd] why is \alias{anRpackage} not mandatory?

[hadley wickham]

> You are right, .Rd has its limitations, but as you say, there is nothing
> better available in the moment. (BTW: I heard rumours at useR! about
> discussions on a meta documentation format? Is there any public information
> about this??)

What do you mean by meta documentation format?  Do you mean roxygen -
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/roxygen ?

Hadley

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