[Rd] Inherited S4 methods

2007-03-16 Thread cstrato
Dear Seth Thank you, I will further explain this feature. Best regards Christian __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

Re: [Rd] Inherited S4 methods

2007-03-16 Thread Seth Falcon
cstrato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear Seth > > Thank you, maybe I still do not understand S4 methods. > > I thought that the purpose of function "callNextMethod()" is to allow > some kind of inheritance. In the Bioconuductor packages which are > using S4, it is only used for method("initializ

[Rd] Inherited S4 methods

2007-03-16 Thread cstrato
Dear Seth Thank you, maybe I still do not understand S4 methods. I thought that the purpose of function "callNextMethod()" is to allow some kind of inheritance. In the Bioconuductor packages which are using S4, it is only used for method("initialize") but I thought, that it can be used with every

Re: [Rd] Inherited S4 methods

2007-03-16 Thread Seth Falcon
cstrato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a variation of this question: > Is it possible to use the same function name, e.g. "myfunction" in both, > an S4 > baseClass and derivedClass. The method "myfunction" in derivedCalss should > extend the functionality defined in baseClass, analogously to

[Rd] Inherited S4 methods

2007-03-15 Thread cstrato
Dear all, Recently, there was a question to use the same method for more than one class: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2007-March/044809.html I have a variation of this question: Is it possible to use the same function name, e.g. "myfunction" in both, an S4 baseClass and derivedClass.