i think these two code snippets exhibit a bug. they are identical
but for the inclusion of an initial line in snippet [2]
[1]
setMethod("Math", signature(x = "numeric"), function(x) "Works")
getGeneric("sqrt")(4)
[2]
getGeneric("sqrt")(4)
setMethod("Math", signature(x = "numeric"), function(x) "Works")
getGeneric("sqrt")(4)
these are my results, when each is run from a fresh R session
[1]
> setMethod("Math", signature(x = "numeric"), function(x) "Works")
[1] "Math"
> getGeneric("sqrt")(4)
[1] "Works"
[2]
> getGeneric("sqrt")(4)
`__Deferred_Default_Marker__`
> setMethod("Math", signature(x = "numeric"), function(x) "Works")
[1] "Math"
> getGeneric("sqrt")(4)
`__Deferred_Default_Marker__`
the section in "How Methods Work" that deals with this is unfinished,
but i think it suggests that getGeneric("sqrt")(4) should work out of
the box.
franklin parlamis
> version
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platform powerpc-apple-darwin8.7.0
arch powerpc
os darwin8.7.0
system powerpc, darwin8.7.0
status beta
major 2
minor 4.0
year 2006
month 09
day 22
svn rev 39471
language R
version.string R version 2.4.0 beta (2006-09-22 r39471)
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