Solving the OOP's "Chaos" for R
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Introduction: The Object-Oriented Dilemma in R
For R package and application developers, the Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) landscape is, at best, a minefield. Between S3, which is informal and flexible but lacks validation; S4, which is formal but heavy; and R6, which introduces reference semantics but deviates from R's functional style, choosing an OOP system is often a painful compromise. This fragmentation slows down development, complicates maintenance, and introduces security flaws into the code.