>>>>> "AndrewC" == Andrew Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Tue, 22 May 2007 07:51:54 -0400 writes:
AndrewC> Hi Seth,
AndrewC> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 05:15:10PM -0700, Seth Falcon wrote:
>> I will also add that the notion of a default argument on a generic
>> function seems a bit odd to me. If an argument is available for
>> dispatch, I just don't see what sense it makes to have a default. In
>> those cases, the default should be handled by the method that has a
>> signature with said argument matching the "missing" class.
>>
>> What often does make sense is to define a generic function where some
>> argument are not available for dispatch. For example:
>>
>> setGeneric("foo", signature="flesh",
>> function(flesh, skeleton=attr(flesh, "skeleton")
>> standardGeneric("foo")))
AndrewC> That's an excellent suggestion. Thanks! However, I had to set
the signature
AndrewC> to c("numeric", "missing") rather than just "numeric".
AndrewC> I have uploaded a new version here:
AndrewC> http://www.econ.upenn.edu/~clausen/computing/relist.R
This looks "good from far".
I won't have time to do anything more about it for the next few
days.
Please remind me (in private) about it if you don't hear back
within one week.
Martin
AndrewC> Cheers,
AndrewC> Andrew
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