[R] attributes of a data.frame

Adrian DUSA adi at roda.ro
Mon Nov 21 21:08:10 CET 2005


On Monday 21 November 2005 23:00, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> [...snip...]
> I think it's just that the R core developers don't see the need for
> them.  If something is worth documenting, then you should write an .Rd
> file or a vignette about it, and that gives you more flexibility than a
> one line label.
>
> I think there are definitely developers out there who disagree with this
> point of view, and I'm pretty sure I've seen a contributed package that
> offered support for this, but I can't remember which one right now.  So
> that's another reason why it's not in the base:  it doesn't need to be,
> you can just go find and install that contributed package!
>
> Duncan Murdoch

I got it, it's logic. Well, one could always use Hmisc which does very well 
these things.
Thank you again,
Adrian

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