(I think this is being caused by the new methods package in RC.)

In the RC (March 24) some of my packages are generating a Note

Note: Method with signature "MySQLConnection#integer" chosen for function "coerce",
 target signature "TSMySQLConnection#integer".
 "dbObjectId#integer" would also be valid

This is coming from a call to dbGetQuery() in package DBI. The method with the signature "TSMySQLConnection#integer" is generated automatically because TSMySQLConnection inherits from
MySQLConnection. (More details below.)

Is there a way to pass this information along to coerce when the method is generated, or otherwise suppress the Note?

BTW,
1/ It would be nice if the Note mentioned what method is generating it, in addition to the signature. Debugging for a call several levels deep in the stack is already hard enough.

2/ The note only seems to get generated on the first call and then gets suppressed. This will be nice for users, but makes debugging harder. Is there a way to prevent suppressing the message?

3/ It seems strange that getMethod() cannot find the methods even though showMethods() shows it. (See below.)

Paul
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>showMethods("dbGetQuery")
Function: dbGetQuery (package DBI)
conn="MySQLConnection", statement="character"

>   z <- TSget("Series 1", con, TSrepresentation="timeSeries")
Note: Method with signature "MySQLConnection#integer" chosen for function "coerce",
 target signature "TSMySQLConnection#integer".
 "dbObjectId#integer" would also be valid
Loading required package: zoo

Attaching package: ‘zoo’

The following object(s) are masked from ‘package:timeSeries’:

    time<-

The following object(s) are masked from ‘package:base’:

    as.Date, as.Date.numeric

>  showMethods("dbGetQuery")
Function: dbGetQuery (package DBI)
conn="MySQLConnection", statement="character"
conn="TSMySQLConnection", statement="character"
    (inherited from: conn="MySQLConnection", statement="character")

> getMethod("dbGetQuery", signature = c("TSMySQLConnection", statement="character")) Error in getMethod("dbGetQuery", signature = c("TSMySQLConnection", statement = "character")) : No method found for function "dbGetQuery" and signature TSMySQLConnection, character
>

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