R devel - May 2021 - R-devel new warning: no longer be an S4 object

Hi R-devs,
R 4.0.5 gives no warning. Is it expected? Searching the news for "I("
doesn't give any info. Thanks

z = I(getClass("MethodDefinition"))
Warning message:
In `class<-`(x, unique.default(c("AsIs", oldClass(x)))) :
  Setting class(x) to multiple strings ("AsIs",
"classRepresentation",
...); result will no longer be an S4 object

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>>>>> Jan Gorecki 
>>>>>     on Mon, 10 May 2021 12:42:09 +0200 writes:
    > Hi R-devs,
    > R 4.0.5 gives no warning. Is it expected? Searching the news for
"I("
    > doesn't give any info. Thanks

    > z = I(getClass("MethodDefinition"))

Now what exactly did you intend with the above line ?

I'm bold and say (for the moment) that the above line has always
been very dubious if not misleading,
and this "fact" is now finally revealed by the warning

    > Warning message:
    > In `class<-`(x, unique.default(c("AsIs", oldClass(x)))) :
    > Setting class(x) to multiple strings ("AsIs",
"classRepresentation",
    > ...); result will no longer be an S4 object

So, yes, the change has been on purpose to warn about problems,
you'd get later when trying to work with 'z'.


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