update already has formula and packageStatus methods so its being extended beyond models already even within core packages.
On Nov 20, 2007 8:54 AM, Luke Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > > > update() is generic, so the recommended approach would be to write a method > > for your objects. > > > > Creating your own function update() in a package would probably not break > > too > > much, as namespaces would protect most functions using the generic in stats. > > But it could be very confusing to users. > > Maybe. update is generic with a netral set of argument names; on the > other hand, the _documentation_ of update is not generic -- it is > specific to updating models. So there is opportunity for confusion > from that direction. > > Best, > > luke > > > > > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, Søren Højsgaard wrote: > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> I wonder if it is "bad style" (or something worse) to create an "update" > >> function which does not work on model objects of the lm, glm etc. type. > >> Specifically, I have some graph objects (graphs as mathematical objects, > >> not as displays) which I want to alter and for that purpose I thought of > >> writing an update function. Would doing so violate a "deeper philosophy" in > >> the R system or have other unfortunate consequences. If so, I'm happy to > >> hear other suggestions... > >> > >> Regards > >> Søren > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> > > > > > > -- > Luke Tierney > Chair, Statistics and Actuarial Science > Ralph E. Wareham Professor of Mathematical Sciences > University of Iowa Phone: 319-335-3386 > Department of Statistics and Fax: 319-335-3017 > Actuarial Science > 241 Schaeffer Hall email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Iowa City, IA 52242 WWW: http://www.stat.uiowa.edu > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
