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changing (core) function argument defaults?

Tony Plate 
Just to add to Thomas Lumley suggestion: it's generally a good idea to call 
a wrapper function it by a different name.  This way, when you forget that 
you have a wrapper function, you won't be puzzled by why the function 
doesn't behave according to the documentation, and you won't embarrass 
yourself by asking other people why there is a bug in R.  Also, if the 
function is called programmatically by other functions, those usages might 
be depending upon the standard defaults being in effect.  So, just do 
something like:

myX11<-function(display="",width=2,height=2,...){
    grDevices::X11(display=display,width=width,height=height,...)
}

-- Tony Plate

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RenE J.V. Bertin changing (core) function argument defaults? Nov 17 Thomas Lumley changing (core) function argument defaults? Nov 17 RenE J.V. Bertin changing (core) function argument defaults? Nov 17 Tony Plate changing (core) function argument defaults? Nov 17 Spencer Graves Changing graphics defaults [was: changing (core) function argument defaults?] Nov 17 Thomas Lumley changing (core) function argument defaults? Nov 17