[R] Using substitute in a print method

[Chris Stubben]

I've defined a new class for some really large tables, and I'd like to use
substitute() in the print function.  For example, if I define a new class
below and create a print method for it, I can't figure out how to return the
object name by just typing "d". 

d<-diag(2)
class(d)<-c("diag")
print.diag<-function(x,...)
  {
    # do something then
    print(paste( "A diagonal matrix",  substitute(x)) )
  }

> d
[1] "A diagonal matrix 1" "A diagonal matrix 0" "A diagonal matrix 0" "A
diagonal matrix 1"

##  This prints what I'd want, but I'm not sure why its different.  
print.diag(d)
[1] "A diagonal matrix d"

Thanks for any help,

Chris Stubben

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