'methods' package feature request / discussion starter: perhaps a call to 'validObject' should occur at part of any slot replacement operation (and the operation not be carried out if it would invalidate the object)? this may prevent the need for prophylactic 'validObject' calls in other user-defined functions. in the example below, the slot assignment occurs even though it invalidates the object. the 'show' method then fails somewhat deep in a subsequently-called coercion method.
library(Matrix) test <- Matrix(1:4+0.1, nrow = 2, dimnames = list(letters[1:2], LETTERS[1:2])) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- list(1:100) test direct slot access (without a validity check) seems an easily accessible loophole to S4 object "guarantees". franklin parlamis ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
