[R-sig-ME] method dispatch conflict?

[Sebastian P. Luque]

Hi,

I vaguely recall this was discussed in the past, but I cannot remember
the context.  The code below shows the problem:


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R> library(stats4)
R> library(lme4)
Loading required package: Matrix

Attaching package: 'Matrix'


        The following object(s) are masked from package:stats :

         xtabs


Attaching package: 'lme4'


        The following object(s) are masked from package:stats4 :

         BIC

Warning messages:
1: In namespaceImportFrom(self, asNamespace(ns)) :
  replacing previous import: cov2cor
2: In namespaceImportFrom(self, asNamespace(ns)) :
  replacing previous import: update
3: In namespaceImportFrom(self, asNamespace(ns)) :
  replacing previous import: xtabs
R> example
example
R> example(lmer)

lmerR> (fm1 <- lmer(Reaction ~ Days + (Days|Subject), sleepstudy))
Error in printMer(object) :
  no slot of name "status" for this object of class "table"
In addition: Warning message:
In printMer(object) :
  trying to get slot "status" from an object (class "table") that is not an S4 object
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IIUC, the problem lies in choosing the correct print method for the lmer
object.  If lme4 is loaded *before* stats4, then the object is printed
without errors.  This is with:


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R> sessionInfo()
R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22) 
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu 

locale:
LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_CA.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_CA.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_CA.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_CA.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_CA.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] stats4    stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods  
[8] base     

other attached packages:
[1] lme4_0.99875-9    Matrix_0.999375-9 lattice_0.17-6   

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] grid_2.7.0
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Cheers,

-- 
Seb