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Logical inconsistency between class and method #1726

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@prdm0 prdm0 commented Apr 27, 2022

For a first-time reader of R 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.

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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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