Use identifier instead of name

functions.Rmd

@@ -24,22 +24,22 @@ get_object <- function(fullname)
 ## Get name
 
 Get the printing name of an object given its identifier.
-Names come in quoted if the object is named, or as an index number.
-The return name is unquoted or surrounded with double brackets
+Identifiers come in **quoted** if the object is named, or as an **index** number.
+The printing name is unquoted or surrounded with double brackets if an index.
 
 ```{r get name}
 ##' Get an object name
 ##'
 ##' Return the printing name of an object as given to print_object
 ##' @title
-##' @param object A string with the name of an object within its parent
+##' @param identifier An object identifier string
 ##' @return The name of the object or its index in brackets
-get_name <- function(object)
+get_name <- function(identifier)
 {
-  if (substr(object, 1, 1) == "\"")
-    substr(object, 2, nchar(object) - 1)
+  if (substr(identifier, 1, 1) == "\"")
+    substr(identifier, 2, nchar(identifier) - 1)
   else
-    paste0("[[", object, "]]")
+    paste0("[[", identifier, "]]")
 }
 ```
 ## Get fullname
@@ -169,19 +169,19 @@ print_environment <- function(env)
 ##' else we construct the fullname by subsetting by name/position
 ##' Thus the caller needs to build the object name accordingly.
 ##' @title Print an object
-##' @param object The object to print as a quoted string or index position
+##' @param identifier The identifier of the object to print
 ##' @param parent The parent object
 ##' @return The line to print to the buffer
-print_object <- function(object, parent = "")
+print_object <- function(identifier, parent = "")
 {
-  full_name <- get_fullname(object, parent)
+  full_name <- get_fullname(identifier, parent)
   type <- get_type(full_name)
 
   paste0(full_name,
          "|",
          type,
          "| ",
-         get_name(object),
+         get_name(identifier),
          " (",
          get_size(full_name, type),
          ")")