[R] The use of period in function names and variable names

[Steve Lianoglou]

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:39 AM, jdospina <jdospina at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Not at all in the way you have shown. Just to improve your code
> "readability", try to avoid naming your variables beginning with period
> (example: .hello).

Well, that's not exactly true.

It's "common practice" to name variables with a leading period if you
want them to be considered "hidden," in some respect. See the
`all.names` argument to the `ls` function, for instance.

-steve

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