[R] identical function names from 2 packages

[baptiste auguie]

I imagine mind_read() easy to implement with Robin Hankin's emulator
package -- under some weak assumptions about the user; mind_write(),
however, seems more involved and might require investing in new
hardware.

Best,

baptiste

On 21 May 2011 12:04, Rolf Turner <rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
> On reflection, it seems to me that what we really need here
> is Prof. Ripley's mind_read() function that was foreshadowed
> some years ago (see fortune("mind_read")) so that R could
> determine just *which* lm() (for example) function the user
> has in mind when he or she types ``lm(...)'' at the keyboard.
>
> Perhaps Brian could report on what progress has been made
> with the mind_read() function.
>
>    cheers,
>
>        Rolf
>
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