Re: [R] non-visible functions in return to methods()

2004-11-29 Thread Roger D. Peng
non-visible functions are hidden in a namespace. You can view the code by using getS3method(). -roger steve houghton wrote: Please point me to the documentation explaining why some of the functions returned by calling methods() are marked as non-visible and whether there is indeed no way of

RE: [R] non-visible functions in return to methods()

2004-11-29 Thread Liaw, Andy
You mean something like ?methods, which says: Value: An object of class 'MethodsFunction', a character vector of function names with an 'info' attribute. There is a 'print' method which marks with an asterisk any methods which are not visible: such functions can be examined

Re: [R] non-visible functions in return to methods()

2004-11-29 Thread Martin Maechler
Roger == Roger D Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:48:04 -0500 writes: Roger non-visible functions are hidden in a namespace. yes. Roger You can view the code by using getS3method(). not always {namely when the hidden function is not an S3 method} getAnywhere() is

Re: [R] non-visible functions in return to methods()

2004-11-29 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, steve houghton wrote: Please point me to the documentation explaining why some of the functions returned by calling methods() are marked as non-visible and whether there is indeed no way of viewing the R code of such functions Luke Tierney's article in Volume 3 No 1 of the