MethodSupport {methods} | R Documentation |
These are support routines for computations on formal methods.
getMethodsForDispatch(f, fdef) cacheMethod(f, sig, def, args, fdef) resetGeneric(f, fdef)
resetGeneric
:TRUE
or FALSE
according to whether information for the function
was found in the metadata.
You must call this function when you change relevant inheritance information during a session, to guarantee that the new information is used if this generic has already been called.
cacheMethod
:No persistent effect, since the method metadata is session-scope only.
getMethodsForDispatch
:f
, merged from the various packages and with any
additional caching information stored in the allMethods
slot.
If methods have not yet been merged, calling
getMethodsForDispatch
will cause the merge to take place.