-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/10/2011 04:27 PM, Ivan Calandra wrote: > I agree that the R-Core team has better things to do than that, but > since it's already there, why not just add it to the base functions?
Agree completely - and R.utils is not such an obscure package which nobody uses - so that these functions should be quite bug-free. Rainer > > Le 1/10/2011 16:19, Peter Ehlers a écrit : >> On 2011-01-10 06:45, Ivan Calandra wrote: >>> Why isn't it in R base? Good question... I'm definitely not the one able >>> to answer to it! >>> Maybe someone more involved in the development can? >>> Ivan >> >> Well, I suspect that Rainer has been on this list long >> enough to know the answer: >> Because no has convinced R-Core to implement it! >> >> While I might _occasionally_ find it useful, I don't >> mind if R-Core prefer to pursue other language enhancements. >> >> Peter Ehlers >> >>> >>> Le 1/10/2011 15:42, Rainer M Krug a écrit : >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> On 01/10/2011 03:35 PM, Ivan Calandra wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> If I understood you correctly, you can use saveObject()/loadObject() >>>>> from package R.utils, like this: >>>> Correct - thanks - that is what I was looking for. >>>> >>>> But why is no such function in R base? >> [...snip...] >> > - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Natural Sciences Building Office Suite 2039 Stellenbosch University Main Campus, Merriman Avenue Stellenbosch South Africa Tel: +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +27 - (0)8 39 47 90 42 Fax (SA): +27 - (0)8 65 16 27 82 Fax (D) : +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 Fax (FR): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk0rJw4ACgkQoYgNqgF2egreYACfTbfDH4E1SadVzq/WoZD9Tw9h A5EAnREavj5Wy6ru2ALJeKNc8kZPXIlM =OoKQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
