R's UseMethod() does not dispatch on changed class() (PR#167)

Paul Gilbert pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:25:07 -0400


> To make matters worse, in S it is a common mistake to have
> foo <- function(x, ...) UseMethod("foo")
> foo.lm <- function(y, ...) { .... }

I've tried very hard not to do this, but it sure would be nice to have a good
automatic way to check it. Any suggestions?

Paul Gilbert

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