Re: [Rd] List S3 methods and defining packages

2015-07-08 Thread Renaud Gaujoux
Thanks Kevin, this indeed clarifies a bit the S3 method registration universe. On 8 July 2015 at 15:48, Kevin Wright wrote: > Not sure if this answers your question, but you can't unregister a method. > See > > http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/06/07/30791.html > > Kevin Wright > > > On We

Re: [Rd] List S3 methods and defining packages

2015-07-08 Thread Renaud Gaujoux
Thank you for your reply Martin. Your code made me realize that S3 methods are added to the .__S3MethodsTable__. of the package that defines the generic, not to the ones defining the method itself. How does things work in the case of a method from one package B masking the one from another package

Re: [Rd] List S3 methods and defining packages

2015-07-07 Thread Martin Morgan
On 07/07/2015 02:05 AM, Renaud Gaujoux wrote: Hi, from the man page ?methods, I expected to be able to build pairs (class,package) for a given S3 method, e.g., print, using attr(methods(print), 'info'). However all the methods, except the ones defined in base or S4 methods, get the 'from' valu