The R Project SVN R

#### Testing  UseMethod() and even more NextMethod()

####

###-- Group methods

### Arithmetic "Ops" :

">.bar" <- function(...) print(">.bar")

">.foo" <- function(...) print(">.foo")

Ops.foo <- function(...) {

    print("Ops.foo")

    NextMethod()

}

Ops.bar <- function(...)

    print("Ops.bar")

x <- 2:4 ; class(x) <- c("foo", "bar")

y <- 4:2 ; class(y) <- c("bar", "foo")

## The next 4 give a warning each about incompatible methods:

x > y

y < x # should be the same (warning msg not, however)

x == y

x <= y

x > 3 ##[1] ">.foo"

rm(list=">.foo")

x > 3 #-> "Ops.foo" and ">.bar"

### ------------  was ./mode-methods.R till R ver. 1.0.x ----------------

###-- Using Method Dispatch on "mode" etc :

## Tests S3 dispatch with the class attr forced to be data.class

## Not very relevant when S4 methods are around, but kept for historical interest

abc <- function(x, ...) {

    cat("abc: Before dispatching; x has class `", class(x), "':", sep="")

    str(x)

    UseMethod("abc", x) ## UseMethod("abc") (as in S) fails

}

abc.default <- function(x, ...) sys.call()

"abc.(" <- function(x)

    cat("'(' method of abc:", deparse(sys.call(sys.parent())),"\n")

abc.expression <- function(x)

    cat("'expression' method of abc:", deparse(sys.call(sys.parent())),"\n")

abc(1)

e0 <- expression((x))

e1 <- expression(sin(x))

abc(e0)

abc(e1)

abc(e0[[1]])

abc(e1[[1]])