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Document and export `.validLHS()`?

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2/5
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Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Inspect the .validLHS() and set.vertex.attribute() definitions, then review the package's existing export and documentation conventions. Confirm that .validLHS() is documented and exported so subclasses such as those used by networkLite and ergm.multi can use the intended in-place assignment semantics.

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Description

At the moment, methods for set.vertex.attribute() for subclasses of network such as those used in networkLite and ergm.multi cannot use the in-place assignment semantics of the network itself because the function .validLHS() that checks if the argument is something that can be assigned to is not exported. We should probably do so.

@CarterButts , would that be OK?

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