From f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu  Mon Jan 19 19:07:02 2004
From: f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu (Frank E Harrell Jr)
Date: Mon Jan 19 19:06:04 2004
Subject: [Rd] Wish list
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:10:36 -0800 (PST)
Thomas Lumley <tlumley@u.washington.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> 
> >
> > It seems the sort of thing you do is to call methods directly where
> > you could equally well call the generic, since that is what is
> > currently failing in Design and Hmisc (if survfit.km is a survfit
> > method).
> 
> Technically survfit.km() isn't a survival method, since it's called
> directly by survfit() rather than by UseMethod, but it works like one.
> It's an internal function that has never been documented, which is why
> it wasn't exported.
> 
> If people want it, I can export it.  I hadn't heard from anyone wanting
> it exported.

Thomas - I would appreciate getting survfit.km and survreg.fit exported.

Thanks,

Frank


[Rd] Wish list
Frank E Harrell Jr