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...ted, S3 method selection uses the contents of 'extends(class(x))' as the equivalent of the S3 inheritance (the inheritance is cached after the first call). An existing S3 method may not behave as desired for an S4 subclass, in which case utilities such as 'asS3' and 'S3Part' may be useful. If the S3 method fails on the S4 object, 'asS3(x)' may be passed instead; if the object returned by the S3 method needs to be incorporated in the S4 object, the replacement function for 'S3Part' may be useful, as in t...