Logical inconsistency between class and method #1726
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For a first-time reader of R's S3 system concepts, it goes without saying that `factor` is a method. It's actually the class. In the context of factors, for which the text is intended to explain sending the `print.factor` method, there are only two methods in question: 1 - `print` which is the generic function to which we must entrust the sending of the appropriate method based, normally, on the class of the first argument; 2 - `print.factor` which will be the appropriate method dispatched by the generic `print` function. Best regards.
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For a first-time reader of R S3 system concepts, it goes without saying that
factoris a method. It's actually the class. In the context of factors, for which the text is intended to explain sending theprint.factormethod, there are only two methods in question:1 -
printwhich is the generic function to which we must entrust the sending of the appropriate method based, normally, on the class of the first argument;2 -
print.factorwhich will be the appropriate method dispatched by the genericprintfunction.Best regards.