R help - Jul 2010 - fix()ing an S4 method

Hi R experts,
 
The fix() function canbe used to edit normal functions. I would like to know
whether it's also possible to use something similar to edit a method of an
S4 class. In other words, is there a fix-like function that allows me to edit
method definitions without having to go back to the source code?
 
setGeneric (name="doStuff",def =
function(object){standardGeneric("doStuff")})
setClass("SomeClass", representation(text = "character"))
setMethod(f = "doStuff", signature ("SomeClass"), definition
= function(object){
    return(print(paste("***", object@text)))  })
fix(doStuff) # Does NOT give the intended result. How can I make R show the
method definition?

Cheers!!
Albert-Jan

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No, I'd recommend to work with the sources directly, or if you really 
want to do it from command line, you can access with ?getMethod

Uwe Ligges

On 21.07.2010 14:36, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote:
> Hi R experts,
>
> The fix() function canbe used to edit normal functions. I would like to
know whether it's also possible to use something similar to edit a method of
an S4 class. In other words, is there a fix-like function that allows me to edit
method definitions without having to go back to the source code?
>
> setGeneric (name="doStuff",def =
function(object){standardGeneric("doStuff")})
> setClass("SomeClass", representation(text =
"character"))
> setMethod(f = "doStuff", signature ("SomeClass"),
definition = function(object){
>      return(print(paste("***", object at text)))  })
> fix(doStuff) # Does NOT give the intended result. How can I make R show the
method definition?
>
> Cheers!!
> Albert-Jan
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine,
public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what
have the Romans ever done for us?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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