[R] R package that Depends on "methods"

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Schönhoff <tschoenhoff at gmail.com>
>>>>>     on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:27:33 +0200 writes:

    Thomas> Hello,
    Thomas> 2005/10/20, Daya Atapattu <daya at lindaspaces.com>:
    >> I am trying to build a package that depends on "methods"
    >> package.  I am getting an error "protection stack overflow"
    >> at the INSTALL phase of  "check".  Can someone please
    >> point me to a package that depends on "methods" so that
    >> I can follow it?

    Thomas> When typing installed.packages() at your R console you might find what
    Thomas> you're looking for.
    Thomas> Try Foreign , DBI or FBasics packages, relying on methods

correctly spelled, that's
	  'foreign', 'DBI' or 'fBasics'.

I'd recommend 'foreign' because that's a recommended package and
hence available in all standard R installations.

Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich