Update "Differences between R and Patsy Formulas" to state that dot on RHS is not supported
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Description
As discussed in https://github.com/pydata/patsy/issues/10, the dot/period on the RHS of a formula is not currently supported in Patsy. Could you update the docs, in the Comparison to R section https://patsy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/R-comparison.html, to mention this difference? Dot on the RHS is used quite extensively in R — in fact, most basic examples are written with it — so this is definitely a difference people will notice.
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Open the Comparison to R section in R-comparison.html and review the discussion linked from issue 10. Update that documentation to state that Patsy does not support a dot on the right-hand side of a formula; the work is done when this difference from R is clearly documented.
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