Re: [R] Re: S4 method inheritance

2005-05-24 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Ross Boylan wrote: On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 14:41 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: Finally, I'm a bit concerned that one article mentioned that S4 inheritance, in practice, is used mostly for data, not methods (Thomas Lumley, R News 4(1), June 2004: p. 36). Am I going down a road I shouldn't

Re: [R] Re: S4 method inheritance

2005-05-24 Thread Robert Gentleman
Duncan Murdoch wrote: Ross Boylan wrote: On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 14:41 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: Finally, I'm a bit concerned that one article mentioned that S4 inheritance, in practice, is used mostly for data, not methods (Thomas Lumley, R News 4(1), June 2004: p. 36). Am I going

Re: [R] Re: S4 method inheritance

2005-05-24 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Mon, 23 May 2005, Ross Boylan wrote: On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 14:41 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: Finally, I'm a bit concerned that one article mentioned that S4 inheritance, in practice, is used mostly for data, not methods (Thomas Lumley, R News 4(1), June 2004: p. 36). Am I going down a

Re: [R] Re: S4 method inheritance

2005-05-24 Thread Ross Boylan
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 07:07:07AM -0400, Duncan Murdoch wrote: Ross Boylan wrote: On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 14:41 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: Finally, I'm a bit concerned that one article mentioned that S4 inheritance, in practice, is used mostly for data, not methods (Thomas Lumley, R

Re: [R] Re: S4 method inheritance

2005-05-24 Thread Ross Boylan
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 06:27:56AM -0700, Robert Gentleman wrote: Duncan Murdoch wrote: Ross Boylan wrote: On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 14:41 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: Finally, I'm a bit concerned that one article mentioned that S4 inheritance, in practice, is used mostly for data,

Re: [R] Re: S4 method inheritance

2005-05-24 Thread Robert Gentleman
Ross Boylan wrote: On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 06:27:56AM -0700, Robert Gentleman wrote: Duncan Murdoch wrote: Ross Boylan wrote: On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 14:41 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: Finally, I'm a bit concerned that one article mentioned that S4 inheritance, in practice, is used

[R] Re: S4 method inheritance

2005-05-23 Thread Ross Boylan
On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 14:41 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: Finally, I'm a bit concerned that one article mentioned that S4 inheritance, in practice, is used mostly for data, not methods (Thomas Lumley, R News 4(1), June 2004: p. 36). Am I going down a road I shouldn't travel? Hmm, maybe I