Here is my current understanding: this area has changed a bit recently.
S4 generics of the same name in different packages are regarded as
different. If you define a generic show() in your package, it will not
have any of the methods defined on methods::show, and likely mask the
latter. So use
Agreed. It turns out a similar hack is done in the lme4
package for printMer ...
Martin Morgan wrote:
> Ben --
>
> My vote would be against overriding the generic for show. If for some
> reason your version proves inadequate, you force the user to
> (conditional on loading your package) disamb
Ben --
My vote would be against overriding the generic for show. If for some
reason your version proves inadequate, you force the user to
(conditional on loading your package) disambiguate 'show' to get the
methods package behavior.
?show says in part
Formal methods for 'show' will usually
