From: Rolf Turner
Uwe Ligges wrote:
I am using R to do a loess normalisation procedure.
However in 1.8.1 all goes well until the last step when I
Error: couldn't find function "predict.loess"
Can anyone help ?
Use predict() instead of predict.loess() (the method is hidden in a
namespace, you should use the generic function).
Uwe Ligges
Why are the developers ***DOING*** these things to us?
It used to be so simple and straightforward! If I wanted to look
at an object, including a function object, I typed its name. Now
I get hand-cuffed by this ``namespace'' business! I will wager
Euros to doughnuts that no-one apart from the developers has a clue
what a ``namespace'' is, much less what it is good for. Whatever
problem ``namespaces'' were introduced to solve, it pales by
comparison with the handicaps they introduce.
It's classic tail-wagging-the-dog syndrome.
When I get errors from R code, which come from within ``system''
functions, it has been my practice to make a local copy (in the
.Globalenv) of the function, stick in calls to browser(), and
thereby track down what's going on/wrong. This always worked like a
charm. Now if the problem arises within, e.g. predict.loess, I'm
stuffed.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
rolf at math.unb.ca