[Phylobase-devl] Splitting up the source files

[Ben Bolker]

   I prefer the latter.

   Ben

Peter Cowan wrote:
> To follow up on my own suggestion, I looked at several S4 packages.   
> Most packages break up the class definitions and the methods into  
> separate files.
> 
> I have two possible suggestions, once we decide I'm willing to  
> implement it.  The only downside to implementing this is that we are  
> going to lose file histories in SVN, but we'd have the opportunity to  
> settle on some coding standards such as those of bioconductor <http://wiki.fhcrc.org/bioc/Coding_Standards 
>  >.
> 
> 1. One file with all the class descriptions and one with all the  
> generics, with methods in files named for the generic, e.g show- 
> methods.R.  This the approach of bioconductor and lme4, which has a  
> similar number of classes but fewer methods.
> 
> 2. One file for each class (e.g. a phylo4 file, phylo4d file,  
> multiphylo file ...) and a corresponding generics/methods file for  
> each.  This is the approach of the sp package, which is similar in  
> number of classes and methods.
> 
> Peter
> 
> On Feb 26, 2008, at 1:24 PM, Peter Cowan wrote:
> 
>> Would it be possible to divide up the source files a bit more.  Right
>> now phylo4.R is a bit difficult for me to navigate.  Could one of the
>> developers more familiar with it, pick natural divisions?
>>
>> Peter
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