[Rd] Need to tell R CMD check that a function qr.R is not a method

Simon Urbanek simon.urbanek at r-project.org
Fri Sep 7 20:00:10 CEST 2012


On Sep 7, 2012, at 12:59 PM, "Warnes, Gregory" <gregory.warnes at novartis.com> wrote:

> 
> On 9/7/12 12:55 PM, "Uwe Ligges" <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
> 
>> On 07.09.2012 17:05, Tim Hesterberg wrote:
>>> When creating a package, I would like a way to tell R that
>>> a function with a period in its name is not a method.
>> 
>> You can't. There are few exception for historic names (S definitions)
>> hardcoded in R.
>> 
> 
> Would it be possible to add a \notmethod{} decorator to allow package maintainers to avoid these messages?
> 

I would strongly support any solution since it has bitten me as well...



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