From jfox at mcmaster.ca  Thu Aug 22 23:43:35 2013
From: jfox at mcmaster.ca (John Fox)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:43:35 -0400
Subject: [Rd] legitimate use of :::
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Dear Peter,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-devel-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-devel-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of peter dalgaard
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 4:45 PM
> To: Michael Friendly
> Cc: R-devel; Uwe Ligges
> Subject: Re: [Rd] legitimate use of :::
> 
> 
> On Aug 22, 2013, at 20:57 , Michael Friendly wrote:
> 
> > Cases in point:  in heplots, I had used stats:::Pillai,
> stats:::Wilks,
> > stats:::Roy and stats:::LH for calculation in one of my functions.
> 
> That particular case has been on what remains of my conscience for some
> time....
> 

Happily, it would be easy to relieve your conscience in this matter.

Best,
 John

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[Rd] legitimate use of :::
John Fox