Message-ID: <18398.7981.213348.494068@stat.math.ethz.ch>
Date: 2008-03-17T07:35:09Z
From: Martin Maechler
Subject: Overloading %*%
In-Reply-To: <47DDDBC1.3050900@pdf.com>
>>>>> "SpG" == Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at pdf.com>
>>>>> on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:47:29 -0700 writes:
SpG> Dear Martin: This is wonderful. Thank you very much.
SpG> It would be a great help if your suggestions
SpG> could be added to "See Also" and "Examples" for
SpG> "methods".
?methods has had for years
>> Note:
>>
>> This scheme is called _S3_ (S version 3). For new projects, it is
>> recommended to use the more flexible and robust _S4_ scheme
>> provided in the 'methods' package. Functions can have both S3 and
>> S4 methods, and function 'showMethods' will list the S4 methods
>> (possibly none).
and so has a link to 'showMethods'. Since it seems that is overlooked,
I'll add it to 'See also' as well.
Adding an example to 'Examples' is a bit more awkward,
since it needs to load the methods package;
but I'll add a "don't run" example.
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich