Hello!
as(object,"list") and as(object,"matrix") behave quite differently if it comes to
their attributes.
I define two classes. One of them "contains" a "list" the other a "matrix"
setClass("myclass"
,representation(info="character")
,contains="matrix"
)
setClass("mylist"
,representation(info="character")
,contains="list"
)
#init
dd<-matrix(1:6,nrow=2)
rownames(dd)<-c("a","b")
tt<-new("myclass",dd)
tmp<-vector("list",4)
names(tmp)<-1:4
ll <- new("mylist",tmp,info="foo")
rownames(tt)
[1] "a" "b"
> rownames(as(tt,"matrix"))
[1] "a" "b"
> names(ll)
[1] "1" "2" "3" "4"
> names(as(ll,"list"))
NULL
#but
names([EMAIL PROTECTED])
The difference in behaviour to which i would like to point your attention is that
as(object,"matrix") preserves the "dimnames" but at the same time as(object,"list")
drops the "names" attribute.
Is it recomended not to use "contains" with old style classes?
Are there plans to provide standarized S4 versions/wrappers for list, matrix etc...
classes?
/E
PS.
R : Copyright 2004, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Version 1.9.1 Patched (2004-08-30), ISBN 3-900051-00-3
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