[Rd] creating a '[' method for an S4 class

2012-07-06 Thread Benilton Carvalho
Hi, I'm working on an S4 class that is expected to behave like an array. I have some difficulties when defining '[' and I wonder if someone could point me to the right direction: 1) Call the S4 object "obj" 2) Assume dim(obj) = c(10, 4, 2) 3) Suppose someone calls: obj[1:3,] , which is a mistake

[Rd] depends/suggests when making a new generic to override a function in a user package

2012-07-06 Thread Dr Gregory Jefferis
Dear R developers, I would like to add a new S3 generic to override a function in a user package, specifically: STAR::as.repeatedTrain I have followed the recommendation here: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#Adding-new-generics doing this: as.repeatedTrain<-