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% File src/library/methods/man/MethodsList.Rd
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% File src/library/methods/man/MethodsList.Rd
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% Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org
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% Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org
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% Copyright 1995-2015 R Core Team
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% Copyright 1995-2016 R Core Team
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% Distributed under GPL 2 or later
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% Distributed under GPL 2 or later
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\name{MethodsList}
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\name{MethodsList}
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\title{MethodsList Objects}
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\title{MethodsList Objects}
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\alias{listFromMlist}
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\alias{listFromMlist}%  only used in listFromMlist(), deprecated below
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\alias{linearizeMlist}
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\alias{linearizeMlist}% only used in showMlist(), deprecated below
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% but finalDefaultMethod() and loadMethod() seem somewhat important :
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\alias{finalDefaultMethod}
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\alias{finalDefaultMethod}
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\alias{loadMethod}
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\alias{loadMethod}
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\alias{loadMethod-methods}
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\alias{loadMethod-methods}
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\alias{loadMethod,ANY-method}
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\alias{loadMethod,ANY-method}
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\alias{loadMethod,MethodDefinition-method}
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\alias{loadMethod,MethodDefinition-method}
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\alias{insertMethodInEmptyList}
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\alias{insertMethodInEmptyList}
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\alias{mergeMethods}
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\alias{mergeMethods}
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\alias{MethodsListSelect}
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\alias{MethodsListSelect}
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\description{
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\description{
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  These functions create and manipulate \code{MethodsList} objects, the
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  These functions create and manipulate \code{MethodsList} objects, the
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  objects formerly used in R to store methods for dispatch.  Use of
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  objects formerly used in \R to store methods for dispatch.  Use of
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  these objects is deprecated since \R 3.2.0, as it will rarely be a
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  these objects is deprecated since \R 3.2.0, as it will rarely be a
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  good idea.  Where methods dispatch is
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  good idea.  Where methods dispatch is
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  to be studied, see \code{\link{selectMethod}}.  For computations
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  to be studied, see \code{\link{selectMethod}}.  For computations
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  that iterate over methods or over method signatures, see
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  that iterate over methods or over method signatures, see
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  \code{\link{findMethods}}, which returns a linearized methods list
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  \code{\link{findMethods}}, which returns a linearized methods list