An small suggestion for the R team

Jose Claudio Faria wrote:

Hi all,

I would like to suggest that all R functions/etc like:
   codes-deprecated
   grid-internal
   ns-alt
   ns-dblcolon
   ns-hooks
   ns-internals
   ns-lowlev
   ns-reflect.Rd
   tools-internal
   ts-defunct
   utils-deprecated
   utils-internal
   ... and another

i.e, function/word separate for '-'

were all substituted by
   codes_deprecated
   grid_internal
   ns_alt
   ns_dblcolon
   ns_hooks
   ns_internals
   ns_lowlev
   ns_reflect.Rd
   tools_internal
   ts_defunct
   utils_deprecated
   utils_internal
   ... and another

i.e, by '_'

Because it is impossible to make a good highlighter with the first one.

Your suggested names are all valid identifiers.  The "-" gives strings 
that are not.  That's intentional; the help system relies on it.  You 
find "utils-deprecated" using deprecated?utils.

If your highlighter has problems with the "-", then don't bother 
highlighting.  Those names aren't very common.  Or...

How to differentiating myValue:

varOne = 100
varTwo = 50
myValue = varOne-varTwo

from codes-deprecated, or ns-alt, for example.

...you could do it by context.  codes-deprecated will only show up in 
*.Rd files as a possible search term:  an alias, or a name.

Duncan Murdoch