[Rd] solve.Matrix() not found (PR#4887)

[Prof Brian Ripley]

In what sense is this a bug?  *Please* read the description of BUGS in the 
FAQ.

Note: 

> library(Matrix)
> getS3method("solve", "Matrix")
function (a, b, tol = 0, transpose = FALSE, ...)
{
    if (missing(b))
        return(.Call("R_LapackPP_solve", a, NULL, PACKAGE = "Matrix"))
    .Call("R_LapackPP_solve", a, b, PACKAGE = "Matrix")
}
<environment: namespace:Matrix>

It's a *method* and is meant only to be called via the generic solve().

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 s.conti at sheffield.ac.uk wrote:

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> 
> Dear R developers,
> 
> this  morning  I  started  experiencing  a  bizarre  problem  with the
> solve.Matrix()  command  in  the  Matrix library: basically R does not
> recognise such command any longer, no mettar if re-installation of the
> library  is  done.  Any  insight  from  youwill be highly appreciated;
> thanks in advance, best regards,
> 
> Stefano Conti
> 
> 
> 
> --please do not edit the information below--
> 
> Version:
>  platform = i386-pc-mingw32
>  arch = i386
>  os = mingw32
>  system = i386, mingw32
>  status = 
>  major = 1
>  minor = 8.0
>  year = 2003
>  month = 10
>  day = 08
>  language = R
> 
> Windows 2000 Professional (build 2195) Service Pack 4.0
> 
> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, package:Matrix, package:methods, package:ctest, package:mva, package:modreg, package:nls, package:ts, Autoloads, package:base
> 
> 
> 
> 

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