On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Joris Meys wrote:
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> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 6:20 PM, Michael Lawrence
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>> You only have to make an S4 method if there is already an S4 generic.
>> If there is just an S3 generic, then just define S3 methods on it.
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> I was refering to the recomm
On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 6:20 PM, Michael Lawrence wrote:
> You only have to make an S4 method if there is already an S4 generic.
> If there is just an S3 generic, then just define S3 methods on it.
I was refering to the recommendations in ?Methods_for_S3 (
https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/
You only have to make an S4 method if there is already an S4 generic.
If there is just an S3 generic, then just define S3 methods on it. I
think we should stay away from defining S4 generics when there is no
good reason for them. Good reasons include multiple dispatch, or a
non-default signature. N
