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When I use package?<pac> the author field gets reproduced twice, once with the \author{ } string and a secod time formatted. Also, would it be possible to make package?<pac> find the overview without the package being attached, or at least give a more informative error message. Paul Gilbert

"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 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",

(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),

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: <!--

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 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 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 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

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 installed R-2.3.1 and ran make check without problem, but I am having trouble installing several packages using gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-53) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 7) Kernel 2.4.21-40.ELsmp on an x86_64 Below are the messages from MCMCpack. Perhaps my systems are messed up? Paul Gilbert > install.packages("MCMCpack")

I recently put several packages for time series databases on CRAN. The main package, TSdbi, provides a common interface to time series databases. The objective is to define a standard interface so users can retrieve time series data from various sources with a simple, common, set of commands, and so programs can be written to be portable with respect to the data source. The SQL

I recently put several packages for time series databases on CRAN. The main package, TSdbi, provides a common interface to time series databases. The objective is to define a standard interface so users can retrieve time series data from various sources with a simple, common, set of commands, and so programs can be written to be portable with respect to the data source. The SQL

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 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: !

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

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:

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

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

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