From ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk  Tue Feb  8 19:10:54 2005
From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Tue Feb  8 19:11:04 2005
Subject: [Rd] Re: Packages and Libraries (was: Re: lme4 "package" etc ..)
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On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, A.J. Rossini wrote:

> But I don't see a problem with "package("package")", though I'm sure
> I'm missing something.

Grammar.  It's like `R CMD build' which some people think installs: here 
you don't want `to package' you want `to use', and these are read as 
imperatives.

I think we are all agreed that some variant on usePackage() would be good, 
but here the perfect is the enemy of the good and the good the enemy of 
the adequate.

Let's see if someone cares enough to push a design through for 2.1.0.

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[Rd] Re: Packages and Libraries (was: Re: lme4 "package" etc ..)
Prof Brian Ripley