Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 6/12/05, Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .... > > Umm.. why don't you just use > > > > by(iris, row.names(iris), `(`) > > > > In general I consider passing functions as text unnecessary - the > > only use I could think of is constructing function names from strings/ > > data and I'm not sure that is a good idea, either (it causes quite > > some performance issues) ... just my 2 pennies ... > > That's a good idea and I will change my code accordingly although it does > not change the fact that an inconsistency remains and should be > corrected.
Also, match.fun takes some pains to actually give you a function, guarding the user against the (otherwise well-deserved...) consequences of storing results in an object called "summary", etc. So, good idea. Maybe not for 2.1.1 though. This close to a release we should be going strictly after actual bugs, not just inconsistencies. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard ุster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
