Well, my understanding is that if you "need" to define it (the generic) twice you're doing something wrong.
Do you have a collate field in your description file? IMHO, the "AllGeneric.R"/"AllClasses.R" approach is the way to go... keeping your code organized is always a good thing, right? b On Mar 16, 2007, at 6:35 PM, cstrato wrote: > Dear Benilton > > Yes, but the error disappears only when I define it twice. > > For my package I create three files: > > 1. MyClasses.R: > Here I define the classes only using > setClass("baseClass") > setClass("derivedClass") > > 2. methods.baseClass.R > Here I define the methods for baseClass > setGeneric("export", function(object,...) standardGeneric("export")) > setMethod("export", "baseClass", export.baseClass); > > 3. methods.derivedClass.R > Here I define the methods for derivedClass > setGeneric("export", function(object,...) standardGeneric("export")) > setMethod("export", "derivedClass", export.derivedClass); > > As you see, I need to define setGeneric twice, otherwise I get the > error. > It is not clear to me, why this is the case? > > I know, that BioBase has a file AllGeneric.R, but I would like to > define > the generics in the respective methods files. > > Best regards > Christian > > Benilton Carvalho wrote: >> do you have a generic for 'export'? >> >> On Mar 16, 2007, at 5:38 PM, cstrato wrote: >> >>> Dear Benilton >>> >>> Thank you, now my package works. >>> >>> Do you have an explanation for my second problem: >>> >>> * Installing *source* package 'mytest' ... >>> ** R >>> ** save image >>> Error in setMethod("export", "derivedClass", export.derivedClass) : >>> no existing definition for function "export" >>> Error: unable to load R code in package 'mytest' >>> Execution halted >>> >>> What may be the reason for this error? >>> >>> Best regards >>> Christian >>> >>> ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel