[R] An opinion question, please

[Rui Barradas]

Às 18:35 de 07/04/2025, Erin Hodgess escreveu:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I have an opinion question please.  If I’m writing a new package, would you
> recommend using S3 or S4 structure, please?
> 
> I know I will get lots of opinions, but that’s fine.
> 
> Thanks,
> Erin
> 
> 
> Erin Hodgess, PhD
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Hello,

I prefer S3's simplicity. It's easy to program and there are lots of 
packages using it, including, for time series, base class ts and its 
functions, zoo, xts, etc.

If you want a good introduction to creating a package using S4, read 
package Brobdingnag [1] vignette.


vignette("S4_brob", package = "Brobdingnag")


[1] https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=Brobdingnag

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas


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