Re: [Rd] validObject does not check validity of slots

2006-03-07 Thread Martin Maechler
> "JMC" == John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:33:59 -0500 writes: JMC> Martin Morgan wrote: >> Thanks John for the reply and explanation. I sometimes >> use validObject interactively, and in those circumstances >> it might be nice to be able to r

Re: [Rd] validObject does not check validity of slots

2006-03-07 Thread John Chambers
Martin Morgan wrote: >Thanks John for the reply and explanation. I sometimes use validObject >interactively, and in those circumstances it might be nice to be able >to require recursive validity checking, e.g., with an optional >argument. > > Sounds reasonable. After some complicated replaceme

Re: [Rd] validObject does not check validity of slots

2006-03-07 Thread Martin Morgan
Thanks John for the reply and explanation. I sometimes use validObject interactively, and in those circumstances it might be nice to be able to require recursive validity checking, e.g., with an optional argument. Martin John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem is over-ambitious d

Re: [Rd] validObject does not check validity of slots

2006-03-06 Thread John Chambers
The problem is over-ambitious documentation. Recursively running the checks on slots for all validObject calls would be a fairly serious efficiency hit. Objects are checked for validity when created, other than as the default object, so assuming the slot objects to be as claimed is reasonable