[R] fix()ing an S4 method
Uwe Ligges
ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
Thu Jul 29 17:04:11 CEST 2010
No, I'd recommend to work with the sources directly, or if you really
want to do it from command line, you can access with ?getMethod
Uwe Ligges
On 21.07.2010 14:36, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote:
> Hi R experts,
>
> The fix() function canbe used to edit normal functions. I would like to know whether it's also possible to use something similar to edit a method of an S4 class. In other words, is there a fix-like function that allows me to edit method definitions without having to go back to the source code?
>
> setGeneric (name="doStuff",def = function(object){standardGeneric("doStuff")})
> setClass("SomeClass", representation(text = "character"))
> setMethod(f = "doStuff", signature ("SomeClass"), definition = function(object){
> return(print(paste("***", object at text))) })
> fix(doStuff) # Does NOT give the intended result. How can I make R show the method definition?
>
> Cheers!!
> Albert-Jan
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