firegoose tuples to R data.frames

[Lee]

Hi All,

I would like to be able to broadcast an autogenerated report table of
mixed text/numbers via a webapp. Using a DataMatrix has the
limitation that all columns/rows (except for column/row names) need to
be of the same data type. One could broadcast a matrix of strings,
but that requires extra steps to convert columns/rows to their desired
data types.

I was wondering if Firegoose supports the Gaggle-Tuple data type,
which I presume in R is translated to a list of lists, which is then
easily converted to a data.frame. I couldn't find information about
this in the microformat/xml documentation, so I'm asking here.

Thanks,
Lee

[Christopher Bare]

Hi Lee,

There's no support in Firegoose for tuples. The Firegoose predates the
tuple data type. There's no reason it couldn't be done. I don't have
time right now, but might be able to get that done later this summer.
I'm certainly happy to help if anyone's willing to wade into the
Firegoose code.

I've also been wanting to add a table data type to Gaggle for a long
time. It sounds like that might better serve your use case. Adding it
in the microformat is fairly easy. Supporting it in the Boss either
requires breaking compatibility w/ existing geese or some kind of
advanced hackery.

- Chris