On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Peter Langfelder wrote:
Hi all,in my package I have a function with name plot.cor (this function is inherited from another legacy package). According to CRAN package checks reports, the check apparently thinks plot.cor is a method for the plot generic (I hope I'm using the correct terminology). checking Rd \usage sections ... NOTE S3 methods shown with full name in documentation object 'plot.cor': ‘plot.cor’ Although technically it doesn't seem to be an error (and CRAN
Technically this is an error if you did not intend it to be an S3 method: the note says you incorrectly documented your S3 method.
maintainers haven't warned me about this), I was asked to clean up the package to the point where the package check goes through without any problems. My question is: do I need to rename the function (e.g. to plotCor, which won't be mistaken for an S3 method) or is there a way to tell R that this is not an S3 method?
The former. (There is a list of historical exceptions used by R CMD check, but we will not be adding to it for new packages.)
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