names() does not include the description

[SamGG]

Hi guys,
I noticed that the documentation of the names() function/method does not match its result as the description is not included.
Best,
Samuel

library(flowCore)
data("GvHD")
# names Extract pretty formated names of the parameters including parameter descriptions.
names(GvHD[[1]])
#> [1] "<FSC-H> FSC-H" "<SSC-H> SSC-H" "<FL1-H> FL1-H" "<FL2-H> FL2-H"
#> [5] "<FL3-H> FL3-H" "<FL2-A> FL2-A" "<FL4-H> FL4-H" "<Time> Time"
pData(parameters(GvHD[[1]]))
#>      name              desc range minRange maxRange
#> $P1 FSC-H        FSC-Height  1024        0     1023
#> $P2 SSC-H        SSC-Height  1024        0     1023
#> $P3 FL1-H         CD15 FITC  1024        1    10000
#> $P4 FL2-H           CD45 PE  1024        1    10000
#> $P5 FL3-H        CD14 PerCP  1024        1    10000
#> $P6 FL2-A              <NA>  1024        0     1023
#> $P7 FL4-H          CD33 APC  1024        1    10000
#> $P8  Time Time (51.20 sec.)  1024        0     1023
sessionInfo()
#> R version 4.4.2 (2024-10-31 ucrt)
#> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64
#> Running under: Windows 11 x64 (build 22631)
#> 
#> Matrix products: default
#> 
#> 
#> locale:
#> [1] LC_COLLATE=French_France.utf8  LC_CTYPE=French_France.utf8   
#> [3] LC_MONETARY=French_France.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C                  
#> [5] LC_TIME=French_France.utf8    
#> 
#> time zone: Europe/Paris
#> tzcode source: internal
#> 
#> attached base packages:
#> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
#> 
#> other attached packages:
#> [1] flowCore_2.18.0
#> 
#> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
#>  [1] digest_0.6.37       fastmap_1.2.0       xfun_0.50          
#>  [4] matrixStats_1.5.0   glue_1.8.0          RProtoBufLib_2.18.0
#>  [7] cytolib_2.18.1      knitr_1.49          BiocGenerics_0.52.0
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#> [16] reprex_2.1.1        withr_3.0.2         compiler_4.4.2     
#> [19] rstudioapi_0.17.1   tools_4.4.2         evaluate_1.0.3     
#> [22] yaml_2.3.10         S4Vectors_0.44.0    rlang_1.1.4        
#> [25] fs_1.6.5

^{Created on 2025-01-20 with reprex v2.1.1}

[mikejiang]

parameter descriptions is referring to "desc" column, which is marker/protein name

[SamGG]

Hi Mike.
I don't get your point. My understanding is that the names() function/method should report the association of the name column and the desc column. IIRC, this was case at one moment, but not any more. Instead of " FSC-H", it should be " FSC-Height". Otherwise, I don't see the need of this function.
Best.