[R] R Style Guide -- Was Post-hoc tests in MASS using glm.nb

[Joshua Wiley]

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Rolf Turner <rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> On 19/05/11 10:26, Bill.Venables at csiro.au wrote:
> <SNIP>
>>
>> Most of [the Google style guide's] advice is very good (meaning I agree
>> with it!) but some is a bit too much (for example, the blanket advice never
>> to use S4 classes and methods - that's just resisting progress, in my view).
>
> <SNIP>
>
> I must respectfully disagree with this view, and concur heartily with the
> style guide. S4 classes and methods are a ball-and-chain that one has to drag along.
>
[snip]

Perhaps, but people say that about the package documentation
requirements too.  As effortful as they may be at times, the
advantages of formal classes seem worth at least not entirely
dismissing.

Cheers,

Josh