On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Paul Gilbert wrote:
> Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>
> >There are a small number of CRAN packages that attempt to modify system
> >functions and so will need updating. (Known examples are in dse:tframe,
> >gregmisc and mclust and some testing code elsewhere.)
> >
> Brian
>
> What do you mean by "updating?" In tframe I modify a few functions like
>
> start <- function (x, ...) if (is.Ttframed(x)) start(tframe(x),
> ...) else UseMethod("start")
>
> If that can no longer be done then this is a serious fundamental change
> that breaks all my code. I hope that is not what you mean. I'm just
> going away for a week, but will follow up when I return.
It's always been incorrect code, and it no longer works. You should not
be masking system generics, as the namespace registration mechanism does
not work on your version.
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