Message-ID: <CALEXWq0UDugLt2MZawPcGcd6cDZz+L7xcxY0_nj82nOsz_oLgA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2017-11-30T15:30:41Z
From: Iñaki Ucar
Subject: binary form of is() contradicts its unary form
In-Reply-To: <CAPtbhHwsof6RJ7ahrWfQjg7JbohfvHSh+1X1x4KC02xbirZYWg@mail.gmail.com>
2017-11-30 15:54 GMT+01:00 Suzen, Mehmet <mehmet.suzen at gmail.com>:
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> On 30 Nov 2017 14:32, "I?aki ?car" <i.ucar86 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Am I supposed to read every reference on a man page just to know what
>>> to expect from a function?
>>>
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>> If the reference is from John Chamber, you are supposed to read it.
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> As a joke, it's funny.
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> Not a joke. John Chambers is the authority in R object systems. Please do
> not mock him or resources pointing to his works.
I perfectly know John Chambers' work, thank you, and there was no
mockery towards him.
If you really believe that references should be needed to know what to
expect from a function call, then we work with different definitions
of "manual". But judging from the excellent R documentation, I would
say that the R maintainers don't share your view.
I?aki