Seth Falcon wrote:
> Allen McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Is it possible to override S4 methods in an installed package?
>> The naive
>> library("pkg")
>> setMethod("foo", signature(obj = "bar"),
>> function(obj , x, y) { new definition }
>> , where="package:pkg")
>> results in the error
>> Error in setMethod("foo", signature(obj = "bar"), function(obj, :
>> the environment "pkg" is locked; cannot assign methods for function
>> "foo"
>
> If foo is a generic that you are calling directly, then you can
> probably define it in the global environment (omit the where arg) and
> test it that way.
>
> OTOH, if foo is used by pkg internally, then it will be much easier to
> simply edit the source for pkg, reinstall and test. If you find and
> fix a bug, most package maintainers will be quite happy to integrate
> your fix.
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, foo() uses internal
functions. When foo() is defined in the global environment, these are
not visible.
I was hoping to avoid recompiling and installing under Windows. Looks
like I may not have a choice.
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