help finding define_counts()

From: Michael Noble <mnoble_at_email.domain.hidden>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:22:11 -0400
Hi John,

It would be helpful if the "See Also" sections of the help for

		load_data()
		put_data_counts

mentions define_counts(), since it offers a third way to input data
for modeling.

For example, I knew I could model a dataset populated strictly from
in-memory arrays, and I could find that put_data_counts() was one
way to do so.

But, that function only allows one to change an existing dataset;
to create an entirely new dataset from in-memory arrays one needs
define_counts().

This fact is not straightforward for less savvy users to discover
on their own, since walking the natural paths through the online
docs, such as

	isis>  help load_data
	isis>  help put_data_counts

does not reveal the existence of define_counts().  Naively, I also did

	isis>  help data

but that didn't reveal its existence, either.  For symmetry, then,
perhaps 

	define_data()
or
	define_data_counts()

could be added as a synonym for define_counts().

Thanks,
Mike
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