On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Berwin A Turlach wrote:
... >> 3) The final sentence in the section on `Registering S3 methods' is: >> >> Any methods for a generic defined in a package that does not >> use a name space should be exported, and the package defining >> and exporting the method should be attached to the search path >> if the methods are to be found. >> >> I wonder whether this should actually be: >> >> Any methods for a generic defined in a package that does not >> use a name space should be exported, and the package defining >> and exporting the generic should be attached to the search path >> ^^^^^^^ >> if the methods are to be found. >> >> Or is the implication of that sentence that if I have a package >> with a name space which defines a method for a generic defined in >> another package that does not use a name space, then this method >> is only found if my package is attached to the search path and >> mere loading of the namespace is not sufficient? > There is no typo here and your reading in the paragraph above is correct. Best, luke > I think we need to check with the author (Luke, r23430). If the generic > is not visible there is no dispatch and so this would be irrelevant. > Assuming a typo, your implication is what the svn log entry says and how I > read the text. > > r23430 | luke | 2003-03-02 18:52:13 +0000 (Sun, 02 Mar 2003) | 3 lines > > Added wording to clarify that S3method registration should only be used if > the generic is defined in a work space. > name? ... -- Luke Tierney Chair, Statistics and Actuarial Science Ralph E. Wareham Professor of Mathematical Sciences University of Iowa Phone: 319-335-3386 Department of Statistics and Fax: 319-335-3017 Actuarial Science 241 Schaeffer Hall email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Iowa City, IA 52242 WWW: http://www.stat.uiowa.edu ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel