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% File src/library/methods/man/EnvironmentClass.Rd
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% Copyright 1995-2007 R Core Team
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% Distributed under GPL 2 or later
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\name{environment-class}
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\docType{class}
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\alias{environment-class}
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\title{Class \code{"environment"}}
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\description{ A formal class for R environments.}
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\section{Objects from the Class}{
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Objects can be created by calls of the form \code{new("environment", ...)}.
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The arguments in \dots, if any, should be named and will be assigned to
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the newly created environment.
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}
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\section{Methods}{
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  \describe{
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    \item{coerce}{\code{signature(from = "ANY", to = "environment")}:
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      calls \code{\link{as.environment}}. }
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    \item{initialize}{\code{signature(object = "environment")}:
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      Implements the assignments in the new environment.  Note that the
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      \code{object} argument is ignored; a new environment is
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      \emph{always} created, since environments are not protected by copying. }
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  }
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}
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\seealso{ \code{\link{new.env}} }
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\keyword{classes}