R devel - Jun 2012 - S4 Reference Classes: declaring public and private methods

Dear list,

is there a way to declare public and private methods in S4 Reference 
Classes? If not, are there plans to add such a feature?

You'll find a small code example of what I mean at Stackoverflow: 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11073253/oop-with-r-is-there-a-way-to-declare-public-and-private-methods-s4-reference-c


Thanks a lot,
Janko Thyson

On 06/18/2012 01:01 AM, Janko Thyson wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> is there a way to declare public and private methods in S4 Reference
> Classes? If not, are there plans to add such a feature?
Hi Janko -- your question is a little ambiguous; if it's about a 
built-in facility to create public vs. private methods, I think the 
answer is no, there is no built-in facility.

For the more general question of how one might go about enforcing 
private methods, I can think of several convoluted starts, but these 
seem like terrible hacks and I wouldn't want to commit them to paper; 
perhaps someone else will be more bold.

Martin
>
> You'll find a small code example of what I mean at Stackoverflow:
>
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11073253/oop-with-r-is-there-a-way-to-declare-public-and-private-methods-s4-reference-c
>
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Janko Thyson
>
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