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(I'm not sure if this is a request for a feature, or another instance where a feature has eluded me for many years.) Often I have a function which calls other functions, and may often use the default arguments to those functions, but needs the capability to pass along non-default choices. I usually do this with some variation on foo <- function(x, foo2Args=NULL or a list(foo2defaults),

Is there an easy way to compile a packages's fortran so that it has the information for ddd or gdb to follow the lines of the code? I seem to remember seeing something about this, but I cannot find it in Writing R Extensions. (I see about Valgrind, debugging a segfault, and some other tricks, but what I really want is to follow the fortran logic.) Thanks for any pointers, Paul

I am extending a DBI connection by setClass("TSPostgreSQLConnection", contains=c("PostgreSQLConnection","TSdbOptions")) but the first time I use this I am getting a warning when it tries to coerce the TSPostgreSQLConnection to a PostgreSQLConnection. After the first use the warning stops, but the first warning is causing me problems when I do automatic checks

Is CRAN having trouble or is it just me? (The web interface is very slow and install.packages() is timing out and giving me "service not available"). Paul ==================================================================================== La version française suit le texte anglais. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email

I was trying to subscribe to an RSS feed from <http://developer.r-project.org/RSSfeeds.html> but IE chokes on DTDs and Firefox also has trouble with this feed. (I'm not sure if it has trouble with DTDs in general.) I went to one of our web developers to see what I should use to read the feed, and he pointed out that the mix of RSS 2.00 and rss-0.91 looks like a mistake: <!--

"C" appears to be an illegal name for a slot in an S4 class (example below). If this is a known limitation, and not a bug, it would be nice if it were caught by setClass. Paul Gilbert > setClass("testobj", representation ( C = "numeric")) [1] "testobj" > new("testobj", C= 2) Error in methodsPackageMetaName("C", name) :

I was just looking at the daily checks and it seems the "r-release Windows x86_64 (32-bit)" column is running R2.6.0. Is that correct? Possibly related, an error is being flagged in that column for TSMySQL, which appears to be a problem that should be caught in the other columns too. It is something that has been fixed in my sources for awhile. (I think it was fixed in the

Is it possible in R to call a fortran routine that sets variables in a common block and expect the values to persist when a call is made from R to a second routine that uses the common block? If not (as I suspect), is it possible to use a common block in a group of routines that are used together, for as long the routines do not return to R? Paul

I am getting several errors about Windows only packages when I use task views. Is this suppose to be a Windows-centric utility? Also, I am sure there must be a simple way to tell which packages are in a view, but I haven't found it. If there isn't, it would be nice to have. Paul Gilbert _______ install.views(c( "Multivariate", "Econometrics", "Finance",

Can R invert a 160000x160000 matrix with all positive numbers? Thanks a lot!

What is the Rd file alias and usage syntax for an S4 assignment method? I have been trying variations on \alias{TSdoc<-,default-method} \usage{ \S4method{TSdoc}{default}(x) <- value but so far I have not got it right according to various codoc, etc, checks. Paul Gilbert ==================================================================================== La version fran?aise

I am trying to extend an S3 method to work with an S4 object as well as the S3 objects it works with, but UseMethod does not seem to recognize the S4 class and dispatches to the default method. Is this to be expected or should I be looking for an error in my code? If it is not an error in my code, is there an easy way to do this, or do I have to convert the generic to S4 and then make those

I am trying to check my packages with R-rc and latex is failing to find utf8.def. I presume my latex installation is defective or too old, or is this file distributed with R and I just don't have a path set correctly? Paul ______________ * checking PDF version of manual ... WARNING LaTeX errors when creating PDF version. This typically indicates Rd problems. LaTeX errors found: !

I am having the xmkmf problem below with todays beta, but I also am trying to use an new (PGI 6.1), so lots of other things in my setup may be wrong, and the warning may also be important. Any hints would be appreciated. Paul _____ Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 7) .... checking whether C runtime needs -D__NO_MATH_INLINES... no checking for xmkmf...

I am having the following problem building R-beta_2009-10-12_r50045.tar.gz on Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope Paul ________ ... make[2]: Entering directory `/home/paul/toolchain/R/R-beta/src/library/Recommended' begin installing recommended package boot gzip: invalid option -- 'x' Try `gzip --help' for more information. tar: This does not look like a tar archive

Something has changed in the S4 default for coercing. Am I now suppose to use setAs, or is there something else I should do to make this work: R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22) .... > require("methods") > setClassUnion("OptionalPOSIXct", c("POSIXct", "NULL")) [1] "OptionalPOSIXct" > setClass("TSmetax",

Hello, Using the dse package I have estimated a VAR model using estVARXls(). I can perform forecasts using forecast() with no problems, but when I try to use simulate() with the same model, I get the following error: Error in diag(Cov, p) : 'nrow' or 'ncol' cannot be specified when 'x' is a matrix Can anyone shed some light on the meaning of this error? How can I

Are the messages below to be expected from make check-all ? using the rc today, Aug 21, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 4) Kernel 2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp on an x86_64 Paul ________ .... checking package 'utils' .... * checking R code for possible problems ... NOTE install.packages: no visible global function definition for ?.install.winbinary? install.packages: no

From R-help ... >I notice that you have the IPSUR package loaded; you know, just a >shot in the dark here, but did you try not loading it? > >I ask because the vignette is built by making a special choice for >set.seed, and the workspace that ships with the package might be >interacting in an unexpected way. Is it possible that a package can save a set seed and have the effect

I am trying to understand the missing vs default value for an argument to an S4 method. (I'm not sure if this is a bug or my confusion.) In S3 I can specify a default value for an argument and then both check if the argument was missing in the call, and use it because it takes on the default value. I do not seem to be able to do that in S4 as shown by this simplified example: