Re: [Rd] Unexpected side effect of the ::: operator on the value of isGeneric

2009-03-02 Thread Martin Maechler
Wolfi == Wolfgang Huber hu...@ebi.ac.uk on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:01:19 + writes: Wolfi Dear Martin name masking is a separate issue, which I Wolfi do not want to explore here. Wolfi If one accepts the notion that unrelated generics of Wolfi the same name may exist in

Re: [Rd] Unexpected side effect of the ::: operator on the value of isGeneric

2009-02-28 Thread Martin Maechler
Wolfi == Wolfgang Huber hu...@ebi.ac.uk on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:15:03 + writes: Wolfi Hi, Wolfi when running the following on a fresh R, Wolfi library(IRanges) Wolfi annotation Wolfi showMethods(annotation) Wolfi Biobase:::annotation Wolfi

Re: [Rd] Unexpected side effect of the ::: operator on the value of isGeneric

2009-02-28 Thread Wolfgang Huber
Dear Martin name masking is a separate issue, which I do not want to explore here. If one accepts the notion that unrelated generics of the same name may exist in different namespaces (user confusion aside, I don't see a technical reason why one shouldn't), then I find the behaviour of R in the

[Rd] Unexpected side effect of the ::: operator on the value of isGeneric

2009-02-25 Thread Wolfgang Huber
Hi, when running the following on a fresh R, library(IRanges) annotation showMethods(annotation) Biobase:::annotation showMethods(annotation) I get (see the ^ marked output at the bottom): library(IRanges) Carico il pacchetto richiesto: 'IRanges' The following