[R] explicit documentation (was: get() versus getAnywhere())

[Rolf Turner]

On 19/04/2009, at 8:59 PM, Patrick Burns wrote:

> Rolf Turner wrote:
>>
>> On 17/04/2009, at 10:21 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>
>>> Benjamin Tyner wrote:
>>>> Many thanks Duncan. Perhaps this merits a more explicit note in the
>>>> documentation?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The quote I gave is from the documentation.  How could it be more
>>> explicit?
>>
>> This is unfortunately typical of the attitude of R-core people  
>> toward the
>> documentation.  ``It's clear.'' they say.  ``It's explicit.''   
>> Clear and
>> explicit once you *know* what it's saying.  Not before, but.
>
> I think this unfairly blames R-core for being human.

	Why is this unfair?  R-core is supposed to be superhuman! :-)

		cheers,

			Rolf

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