[Rcpp-devel] shallow/deep copy

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 31 August 2011 at 12:43, Zhongyi Yuan wrote:
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| On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
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|     It is just for convenience -- this allows you to write shorter programs for
|     inline, but it does not prevent you from being explicit and using the
|     Rcpp::
|     prefix.  I tend to most of the time too because I prefer that style. 
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| Thank you, Dirk.
| Can I ask for specific reasons why people prefer explicit?  Any potential
| danger for not being explicit?

To me:  Easier to read, and hence easier to maintain, maybe less buggy.
But it is a style question, and people endlessly debate those.

Dirk

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