[R] R: UseMethod with primitives?

[Ross Ihaka]

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Marcus Eger wrote:

> Hello,
> is the following somehow possible with Mod() being a primitive:
> 
> "Mod" <- function(x)
>   UseMethod("Mod")
> 
> 
> "Mod.default" <- function(x) {
>   .Primitive("Mod")  ### I know it´s wrong. How can I access the
> original Mod ?
> }

I've been meaning to add a .Primitive function for some time and have
just done so.  It will show up in snapshots soon.  You will be able
to do what you want as follows:

	Mod.default <- Mod
	Mod <- function(x) UseMethod("Mod")

What did you have in mind here?  (Should we be thinking of building
this in).

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