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.... Packages then Import: BiocGenerics and importFrom(BiocGenerics, plot). This kind of approach, whatever limitations of current implementation, seems much better, providing some consistency in documentation and application while limiting artificial dependencies (to just one, BiocGenerics). Is a methodsGenerics package in base R an appropriate direction? Somewhat earlier in section 1.6.6, the advice offered is "If the generic function is not local to this package, either because it was imported as a generic function or because the non-generic version has been made generic solely to add S4 metho...

pkgA's NAMESPACE has importFrom(graphics, plot) exportClasses("A") exportMethods("plot") R/foo.R has setClass("A") setMethod("plot", "A", function(x, y, ...) {}) During R CMD INSTALL pkgA_1.0.tar.gz we are told ** preparing package for lazy loading Creating a generic function for 'plot' from package