Hi all, When S4 methods are defined on base function (say, "match"), the function becomes a method with the body "base::match(x,y)". A call to such a function often spends more time doing "::" than in the function itself. I always assumed that "::" was a very low-level thing, but it turns out to be a plain old function defined in base/R/namespace.R. What would you all think about making "::" and ":::" .Primitives? I have submitted some examples, timings, and a patch to the R bug tracker (https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16134). I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on the matter.
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