[Rd] Stats not loaded? Method for as.ts() results in error

[Duncan Murdoch]

Janko Thyson wrote:
> Dear list,
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> I've got the following problem:
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> In a package I'm trying to build, there exists a method for the function
> "as.ts()". When checking the package, R always throws the error that it
> cannot find a function called "as.ts". To me it seems that the package
> "stats" (home of "as.ts()") is not loaded during the checking process even
> though it's a base package. For testing, I've written a method for "plot()"
> to see if it's a general problem with base-functions, but this one passes
> just fine.
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Are you using a NAMESPACE, and declaring your method as a method?  If 
you don't, R will have to guess what the methods are, and it might be 
getting mixed up because of the unusual name of the generic.

Duncan Murdoch


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> Did anyone of encounter a similar problem or could help me out with a hint?
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> Thank you very much,
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> Janko
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