[R] Retrieve ... argument values

[Simon Fear]

Yes, and I was wrong to say ylim=NULL was "more useful", I should 
have said "much easier to understand and much easier to read,
debug and maintain". Of course for certain applications it IS worth
getting to grips with "...", and other people's posts have
been extremely useful in that regard.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Bolker [mailto:bolker at zoo.ufl.edu]
> Sent: 16 September 2003 16:18
> To: Simon Fear
> Cc: huan.huang at bnpparibas.com; R help list
> Subject: RE: [R] Retrieve ... argument values
> 
> 
> Security Warning:
> If you are not sure an attachment is safe to open please contact 
> Andy on x234. There are 0 attachments with this message.
> ________________________________________________________________
> 
>   
>   Yes, although this becomes tedious if (e.g.) you have a 
> function that 
> calls two different functions, each of which has many arguments (e.g. 
> plot() and barplot(); then you have to set up a whole lot of 
> arguments 
> that default to NULL and, more annoyingly, you have to 
> document them all
> in any .Rd file you create -- rather than just having a ... argument
> which 
> you can say should contain arguments for either of the 
> subfunctions (as 
> long as the arguments don't overlap, of course)
> 
>   Ben
> 
>
 

Simon Fear
Senior Statistician
Syne qua non Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 1379 644449
Fax: +44 (0) 1379 644445
email: Simon.Fear at synequanon.com
web: http://www.synequanon.com
 
Number of attachments included with this message: 0
 
This message (and any associated files) is confidential and\...{{dropped}}