On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Martin Maechler wrote:
"Greg" == Warnes, Gregory R <gregory_r_warnes@groton.pfizer.com>
on Wed, 21 Jan 2004 01:48:15 -0500 writes:
Greg> As I've mentioned a number of times. I find it very
Greg> useful to have lowess() become a generic function so
Greg> that a lowess.formula() can be defined.
Greg> Below is a patch that makes both changes, as well as
Greg> updating the corresponding help documentation.
I think most times you mentioned this, Brian told you that
"loess" was there and was generic and was to be recommended over
lowess anyway.
Not quite: loess() is not generic, but it does have a formula interface
and it was recommended over lowess() by the authors of both. (loess()
is not generic for the reasons I sketch below.)