[Bioc-devel] avoiding clashes of different S4 methods with the same generic

[Aaron Lun]

Yes, but "monkeyBars" doesn't have quite the same pithiness for a
package name.

Anyway, the dual dispatch mechanism sounds most interesting. I assume
that means we'd have to define some sort of base "normalizeParam" class,
and then derive "csawNormParam" and "swingsNormParam" subclasses, so
that specific methods can be defined for each signature.

- Aaron

Martin Morgan wrote:
>
> On 04/26/2016 05:28 PM, Michael Lawrence wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Martin Morgan
> > <martin.morgan at roswellpark.org>  wrote:
> >> >
> >> >On 04/26/2016 04:47 PM, Michael Lawrence wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >>On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Aaron Lun<alun at wehi.edu.au> 
> wrote:
> ...
> >>>> >>>BiocGenerics. However, if some other hypothetical package
> (I'll call it
> >>>> >>>"swings", for argument's sake) were to define a normalize()
> method with a
> ...
> >> >I like the dual dispatch method quite a bit (but wonder why we get
> several
>>> >swings but only one csaw? Maybe a csaw implies two participants
>>> [though I
>>> >think I once in a while csaw-ed alone], so a singular csaw and a
>>> pair of
>>> >swings balance out?), partly because it's very easy to extend
>>> (write another
>>> >method) and the second argument can be either lightweight or
>>> parameterized.
>>> >
>> I could go along with the dual dispatch. "Swings" is short for "Set of
>> swings". Usually, there are several swings in a row, but only one
>> see-saw.
>>
>
> Googling for "how many swings per see-saw" took me to
>
>   https://www.cpsc.gov//PageFiles/108601/playgrnd.pdf
>
> where it is apparent that swings are much more dangerous than see-saws
> (e.g., 51 matches for "swing" versus 4 for "see-saw"; "Swings ... were
> involved in about 19 ... percent of injuries ... See-saws accounted
> for about three percent"; "Homemade rope, tire, or tree swings were
> also involved in a number of hanging deaths" [no mention of death by
> see-saw]).
>
> I think for the sake of our users, especially our younger users, we do
> not want to consider swings, or even methods on swings, further.
>
> Martin
>
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