Re: [R] Use of ellipses ... in argument list of optim(), integrate(), etc.

2008-03-13 Thread Ravi Varadhan
, March 13, 2008 2:01 PM To: Ravi Varadhan Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Use of ellipses ... in argument list of optim(), integrate(), etc. There is an entry in the NEWS file for 2.6.0: CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.6.0 SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES o integrate(), nlm

Re: [R] Use of ellipses ... in argument list of optim(), integrate(), etc.

2008-03-13 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
There is an entry in the NEWS file for 2.6.0: CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.6.0 SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES o integrate(), nlm(), nlminb(), optim(), optimize() and uniroot() now have '...' much earlier in their argument list. This reduces the chances of unin

Re: [R] Use of ellipses ... in argument list of optim(), integrate(), etc.

2008-03-13 Thread Tony Plate
Ravi Varadhan wrote: > Hi, > > I have noticed that there is a change in the use of ellipses or . in R > versions 2.6.1 and later. In versions 2.5.1 and earlier, the . were always > at the end of the argument list, but in 2.6.1 they are placed after the main > arguments and before method control a

Re: [R] Use of ellipses ... in argument list of optim(), integrate(), etc.

2008-03-13 Thread Ravi Varadhan
13, 2008 1:09 PM To: Ravi Varadhan Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Use of ellipses ... in argument list of optim(), integrate(), etc. From the NEWS file: CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.6.0 SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES o integrate(), nlm(), nlminb(), optim(), optimize() and uniroot

Re: [R] Use of ellipses ... in argument list of optim(), integrate(), etc.

2008-03-13 Thread Vincent Goulet
From the NEWS file: CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.6.0 SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES o integrate(), nlm(), nlminb(), optim(), optimize() and uniroot() now have '...' much earlier in their argument list. This reduces the chances of unintentional partial matching but means that the later arg

[R] Use of ellipses ... in argument list of optim(), integrate(), etc.

2008-03-13 Thread Ravi Varadhan
Hi, I have noticed that there is a change in the use of ellipses or . in R versions 2.6.1 and later. In versions 2.5.1 and earlier, the . were always at the end of the argument list, but in 2.6.1 they are placed after the main arguments and before method control arguments. This results in the