Totally agree that the methods package could have a better API and
better documentation.
Michael
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Hervé Pagès wrote:
> On 09/06/2017 03:51 PM, Michael Lawrence wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Hervé Pagès wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Personally I like
On 09/06/2017 03:51 PM, Michael Lawrence wrote:
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Hervé Pagès wrote:
Hi,
Personally I like replaceSlots() better.
Not only because it's more readable but also the fact that you can use
initialize() to update an existing object is an undocumented feature so
I pref
On 09/06/2017 03:53 PM, Hervé Pagès wrote:
One of the reasons it's not exported is because it started as something
kind of experimental and we didn't find a good home for it yet. I could
probably move it to S4Vectors where we already have some low-level
S4-related utils. Not the best home either
One of the reasons it's not exported is because it started as something
kind of experimental and we didn't find a good home for it yet. I could
probably move it to S4Vectors where we already have some low-level
S4-related utils. Not the best home either but maybe better than in
BiocGenerics?
IMO
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Hervé Pagès wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Personally I like replaceSlots() better.
>
> Not only because it's more readable but also the fact that you can use
> initialize() to update an existing object is an undocumented feature so
> I prefer to not rely on it.
>
It seems docum
I am getting complaints from CMD check about ::: which seems necessary to
use this replaceSlots facility because it is not exported. I will look
into initialize,
which might work fine for my concern. I cannot remember why I did not just
use direct assignment to slots, however. Perhaps I just fou
Hi,
Personally I like replaceSlots() better.
Not only because it's more readable but also the fact that you can use
initialize() to update an existing object is an undocumented feature so
I prefer to not rely on it.
Also initialize() is a generic and there could be a method defined for
the obje
No, the best practice is to just use initialize(). It used to be that
replaceSlots() saved some copying, but that's no longer really the
case. The only potential benefit is that it can skip validity checks,
but usually you want those.
Michael
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Vincent Carey
wrote:
Is this the preferred way of adjusting content in a
live object? It is not accessible except via ":::"
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