methods-package           package:methods           R Documentation

_F_o_r_m_a_l _M_e_t_h_o_d_s _a_n_d _C_l_a_s_s_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Formally defined methods and classes for R objects, plus other
     programming tools, as described in the reference.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     This package provides the so-called "S version 4"  object oriented
     system.  

     For a complete list of functions and classes, use
     'library(help="methods")'.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     R Development Core Team

     Maintainer: R Core Team R-core@r-project.org

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     ``Programming with Data'' (1998), John M. Chambers, Springer NY.
     <URL: http://www.omegahat.org/RSMethods/Intro.ps> and <URL:
     http://www.omegahat.org/RSMethods/Intro.pdf>.

