[R] Learning S3

[Hadley Wickham]

I think I remember reading that some time back and finding it
confusing because it described the ideal implementation in S, rather
than the actual implementation in R.  I'll look at it again.

Hadley

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Bert Gunter<gunter.berton at gene.com> wrote:
> -- or Chapter 4 in S PROGRAMMING? (you'll need to determine if it's "reader
> friendly")
>
> Bert Gunter
> Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics
>
>
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> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On
> Behalf Of Gabor Grothendieck
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:17 AM
> To: Hadley Wickham
> Cc: r-help
> Subject: Re: [R] Learning S3
>
> There is a section on Object Orientation in MASS (I have 2nd ed).
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Hadley Wickham<hadley at rice.edu> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Do you know of any good resources for learning how S3 works?  I've
>> some how become familiar with it by reading many small pieces, but now
>> that I'm teaching it to students I'm wondering if there are any good
>> resources that describe it completely, especially in a reader-friendly
>> way.  So far I've found:
>>
>>  *
> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-lang.html#Object_002doriented-progra
> mming
>> - it has most of the theory (although some bits are missing), but no
>> examples
>>
>>  * page 33 of http://CRAN.R-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2004-1.pdf
>> shows how to create a simple object in both S3 and S4
>>
>> What has helped you learn S3?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Hadley
>>
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