S4 initialize methods, unexpected recursive callNextMethod

John Chambers <jmc at r-project.org> writes:

It's a bug resulting from the combination of:
 1. multiple recursive levels of callNextMethod()
 2. nonstandard arguments in the method definition; that is, (.Object,
    x) vs .Object, ...) for the generic.

Thanks for the explanation and work around suggestion.  If I'm feeling
brave, perhaps I'll take a look at the addNextMethod and
callNextMethod computations.  We found this bug for a "real" use-case,
so I have some interest in a solution that doesn't involve changing
the initializers for the three classes involved...

Best,

+ seth