Hi I have some problems in defining new generic functions and classes. Just have a look at the following example:
require(fPortfolio) setClass("PROBECLASS", representation( type="character" ) ) isGeneric("setType<-") #Returns TRUE #I would like to define a specific function for class PROBECLASS with other arguments than for the generic function "setType" of fPortfolio. setGeneric("setType<-", function(object, value) standardGeneric("setType<-")) #Returns Fehler in makeGeneric(name, fdef, fdeflt, group = group, valueClass = valueClass, : the formal arguments of the generic function for "setType<-" (object, value) differ from those of the non-generic to be used as the default (spec, value) setReplaceMethod("setType", "PROBECLASS", function(object, value){ [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- value object }) #Example obj = new("PROBECLASS") setType(obj) = "test" obj ###### If I don't require fPortfolio it works fine. However, is it not possible to create two generic functions with the same name but different arguments? setType for fPortfolio may be differ completely from setType of PROBECLASS... What's the best way to have functions which belongs to an object of a specific class? I had a look at the paper "S4 Classes in 15 pages, more or less" (feb12, 2003), however, I could not found what I did wrong... Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks Dominik ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.