From p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk  Mon Dec  4 01:54:05 2000
From: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Date: 04 Dec 2000 02:54:05 +0100
Subject: [Rd] Optimisation methods
In-Reply-To: Kurt Hornik's message of "Fri, 1 Dec 2000 09:05:03 +0100"
References: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10011301843210.26270-100000@auk.stats> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012010747190.24303-100000@solzhenitsyn.ens.gu.edu.au> <14887.23471.959713.364415@mithrandir.hornik.net>
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Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

> I personally think that there is nothing that says that argument names
> must have any meaning in any language and hence one may spell them in
> any way we want.  But more realistically, in the above case I'd rather
> have
> 
> 	exampleFn <- function(param = "fing", ...)
> 
> which will make everyone happy.

Not me, but "param.style=" might. (I think the above indicates that
"fing" is a parameter, not a paramete?ri[sz]ation.)

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[Rd] Optimisation methods
Peter Dalgaard BSA