[tor-bugs] #24707 [Metrics]: Define R coding guidelines for Metrics' products

Wed Feb 28 13:43:13 UTC 2018

#24707: Define R coding guidelines for Metrics' products
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 Reporter:  iwakeh       |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium       |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics      |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal       |     Resolution:
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Comment (by iwakeh):

 From a recent
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25259#comment:1 R tuning]
 ticket and [https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-
 web.git/commit/?id=ab7d546a9dae35efdfc2c1f8c4a09e473df72747 commit]:
   Performing pre-processing separately, helping R by defining read types,
 and avoid multiple casting operations.

 So, always use `colClasses` parameter in `read.csv` and watch out for
 implicit casts.

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