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...(lm) ... > mycoef <- function(object, ...) UseMethod("coef", object) > mycoef(lm.D9) Error in mycoef(lm.D9) : no applicable method for "coef" which is pretty surprising, as coef has a default method. After a bit of digging, this comes from do_usemethod having defenv = environment where the generic was defined */ defenv = ENCLOS(env); so it is assuming that UseMethod() is called within the defining generic for its first argument. That plainly does not need to be true, e.g. > coefficients function (object, ...) UseMethod("coef") <environ...

...Non-visible functions are asterisked Based on this, I think that methods("plot") should return plot.function, so I am almost ready to take the bug word in my mouth. When I debug the methods function it gets to the line S3reg <- ls(get(".__S3MethodsTable__.", envir = defenv), pattern = name) where it searches the .__S3MethodsTable__. object. Consulting the help page it seems that this object is part of the namespace functionality. My guess is that something goes wrong because function is a reserved word? Kasper This has been tested under R-2.7.1 on Mac OS X a...