On 03/01/2010 01:31 PM, Zhang,Yanwei wrote:
> Dear all,
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> In a package, I defined a method for "summary" using
setMethod(summary, signature="abc") for my class "abc", but when the
package is loaded, the function "summary(x)" where x is of class "abc"
seems to have called the default summary function for "ANY" class.
Shouldn't it call the method I have defined? How could I get around with
that? Thanks.
Hi Wayne -- It's hard to tell from what you've written, but this and
your earlier question on 'S4 issues' sounds like a NAMESPACE problem.
Are you using a name space? If so, provide additional detail. Also,
verify that you are only loading your package and not another, e.g., one
with a 'summary' generic that is being found before yours.
Probably your best bet is to simplify as much as possible -- I have a
single file in 'pkgA/R', with
setClass("A", "numeric")
setMethod("summary", "A", function(object, ...) "A")
> library(pkgA)
> summary(new("A"))
[1] "A"
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.10.1 Patched (2010-02-23 r51168)
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
locale:
[1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C
[3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
[5] LC_MONETARY=C LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
[7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C
[9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
other attached packages:
[1] pkgA_1.0
Martin
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