[R] list of S3-methods

Meinhard Ploner meinhardploner at gmx.net
Wed Jul 14 11:32:20 CEST 2004


> Meinhard Ploner wrote:
>
>> how can I get a list of all S3-methods (of a package)
>> such that I know which functions to include in the S3method()
>> in the NAMESPACE-file?
>> Maybe separated by generic=T/F.
>> thx
>> Meinhard Ploner
>> Vienna
>
>
> Since one you does not register S3 methods (except for the Namespace 
> file), you cannot get such a list very easily.
> You might want to look for function names with a dot in it and then 
> look whether the second part of that name corresponds to a class.
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
Thank you.
Usually users "register" S3-methods prior to make libraries or
is this possible only for S4 classes?

Meinhard Ploner




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