On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Ali - wrote:
> >However, in S3 you can create a "generic" generic function by not
> >specifying
> >arguments but only '...' - this way any methods can take any arguments (and
> >you don't force your argument names onto other developer's).
> So why did they go a step backward in S4 and remov this feature?
I might be misunderstanding what you're getting at here, but if indeed I do understand this correctly then not only is it still possible in S4 but I was tought that it was generally considered Good Behavior.
I guess the context says you cannot have something like this in S4:
setGeneric("testFun", function(...)
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