Dear Prof. Ripley,
Thanks for the clarification.
Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> Why does simply
>
> setMethod("apply",
> signature(X = "myClass",
> MARGIN = "numeric",
> FUN = "function"),
> function(X, MARGIN, FUN, ...) .apply.myClass(X, MARGIN, FUN,
> ...))
>
> not do what you want? It works for me in your example, e.g.
>
>> apply(myObj, 2, sum, [EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
> gives exactly the same answer as your complicated solution.
>
> I do wonder if you have misunderstood what '...' does.
I hope not (entirely).
I got a bizarre bug yesterday while working on that method/function
issue which lead me (wrongly, because of a too quick diagnostic
probably) to think there was a problem with the way the "..." was passed
from one function to the next. That explains the complicated construct
of my previous e-mail.
Your solution works (of course) and is definitely simpler (!).
>
> I also wonder why you chose to overload a basic R function as an S4
> generic like this. If you think that thereby existing calls to
> apply() will go via your S4 methods then I fear you have overlooked
> the effects of namespaces.
>
No, I just want the user to be able to call "apply" with myClass objects
without having to bother with the internal structure of these objects
(which is slightly more complicated in my "real" case than on the
example I sent).
Thanks again,
Christophe.
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