[Rd] generic function argument list problem

2005-08-31 Thread Robin Hankin
Hi it says in R-exts that A method must have all the arguments of the generic, including ... if the generic does. A method must have arguments in exactly the same order as the generic. A method should use the same defaults as the generic. So, how come the arguments for

Re: [Rd] generic function argument list problem

2005-08-31 Thread Martin Maechler
Robin == Robin Hankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:09:15 +0100 writes: Robin I am writing a rep() method for objects with class octonion, and Robin my function rep.octonion() has argument list (x, times, length.out, Robin each, ...)

Re: [Rd] generic function argument list problem

2005-08-31 Thread Jari Oksanen
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 08:09 +0100, Robin Hankin wrote: Hi it says in R-exts that A method must have all the arguments of the generic, including ... if the generic does. A method must have arguments in exactly the same order as the generic. A method should use the