On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Berwin A Turlach wrote:
> G'day Luke,
>
>>>>>> "LT" == Luke Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Berwin A Turlach wrote:
>
> >>> 3) The final sentence in the section on `Registering S3
> >>> methods' is:
> >>>
> >>> Any methods for a generic defined in a package that does not
> >>> use a name space should be exported, and the package defining
> >>> and exporting the method should be attached to the search path
> >>> if the methods are to be found.
> >>>
> >>> [...] is the implication of that sentence that if I have a
> >>> package with a name space which defines a method for a generic
> >>> defined in another package that does not use a name space,
> >>> then this method is only found if my package is attached to
> >>> the search path and mere loading of the namespace is not
> >>> sufficient?
>
> LT> There is no typo here and your reading in the paragraph above
> LT> is correct.
> Thanks for the clarification.
>
> May I suggest that nevertheless there is a typo in this sentence and
> it should be ".... the package defining and exporting the methods..."?
> One reason why this sentence had me puzzled was that it uses twice
> "methods" and once "method". :)
All three are now "methods"
Best,
luke
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