[R] Double-banger function names: preferences and suggestions

[Joerg van den Hoff]

On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 10:31:08AM -0700, Jason Barnhart wrote:
> Definitely not #2.   Prefer #1 but #3 is ok as well.

  Definitely not #1.   Prefer #2 but #3 is ok as well. 
  
  there is nothing like unanimous agreement :-)

  but in earnest: I don't think #1 is good on the already mentioned grounds
  that it masks the difference between a method call and a simple function name.
  I don't think a function name such as

  plot.mydata

  would be reasonable: is this a method call for plotting objects of class
  `mdyata' or is it some other function call (probably plotting my data)?

  in browsing through source code this is at least an unnecessary nuisance
  having to check this point.

> 
> Thanks for contributing and inquiring.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "hadley wickham" <h.wickham at gmail.com>
> To: <R-help at r-project.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 7:44 AM
> Subject: [R] Double-banger function names: preferences and suggestions
> 
> 
> > What do you prefer/recommend for double-banger function names:
> >
> > 1 scale.colour
> > 2 scale_colour
> > 3 scaleColour
> >
> > 1 is more R-like, but conflicts with S3.  2 is a modern version of
> > number 1, but not many packages use it.  Number 3 is more java-like.
> > (I like number 2 best)
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Hadley
> >
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