>>>>> Nicholas Lewin-Koh writes: Thanks. Changed in r-devel now.
Best -k > Hi, > I use Sweave extensively in my consulting work. When submitting reports to > the scientists I work > with I like to use the citation function to reference any packages I use, to > give proper acknowledgement. > I noted in the documentation that a citation inherits from bibentry, and > indeed, >> citr<- citation() >> class(citr) > [1] "citation" "bibentry" > However, following this line I would assume citation should fully inherit > the methods of bibentry. But that is not the case, >> print(citr, style="latex") > still gives style='citation' >> utils:::print.citation > function (x, ...) > { > NextMethod("print", x, style = "citation") > invisible(x) > } > <environment: namespace:utils> > The citation print style is hard coded. Of course a workaround is, > class(citr) <- 'bibentry' > but I think it would be better if print inherited all bibentry methods, > something like > print.citation <- function (x, style="citation" ...) > { > NextMethod("print", x, style = style, ...) > invisible(x) > } > Then the default is still printing a citation, but other print methods are > available. > Thanks > Nicholas > -- > "The bear and the goat were married and lived together until the end of > their days. Either the goat went mad or the bear became sane." > Nicholas Lewin-Koh > Genentech > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel