Re: [Rd] Depot for S3 to S4 generics (as in stats4)?

2014-07-06 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 06/07/2014, 6:23 AM, Sven E. Templer wrote: > Dear developers, > > the implementation of S4 generics for existing S3 ones in the base > package is concerned to be a threat to quick startup times [1]. But > since S4 is promoted, and S3/S4 interoperability a pain when package > developing [2], ar

[Rd] Depot for S3 to S4 generics (as in stats4)?

2014-07-06 Thread Sven E. Templer
Dear developers, the implementation of S4 generics for existing S3 ones in the base package is concerned to be a threat to quick startup times [1]. But since S4 is promoted, and S3/S4 interoperability a pain when package developing [2], are there efforts to improve the situation? E.g. an S3 free s

[Rd] useDynLib

2014-07-06 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
I would like to be able to load two versions of a package at once and to do that was thinking of giving each version a different package name in the DESCRIPTION file and the building and installing each such version separately. library(myPkg1) library(myPkg2) and then use myPkg1::myFun() and myPk

[Rd] request for "minor" fix to src/library/tools/QC.r

2014-07-06 Thread Greg Minshall
hi. i was hoping to automatically set the Version: number in my package description file (image2k-package.Rd) in the man directory by using a .in file in the same directory. "R CMD build" excludes the .in file because the routine .check_package_subdirs() in QC.R (which build calls) doesn't like t