From m|n@h@|| @end|ng |rom um|ch@edu  Thu Jul  1 05:55:32 2021
From: m|n@h@|| @end|ng |rom um|ch@edu (Greg Minshall)
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2021 06:55:32 +0300
Subject: [Rd] S3 dispatch does not work for generics defined inside an
 environment
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:22:15 +0200."
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Taras,

> P.S. If you are wondering what I am trying to achieve here ? we have a
> very large codebase and I am trying to use environments as a type of
> ?poor man?s namespaces? to organize code in a modular fashion. But of
> course it?s all pointless if I can?t get the generics to work
> reliably.

i'm not knowledgeable about S3.  but, a different way to try to
modularize large code bases is to split them into separate packages.
just in case you hadn't already thought about, and rejected, that idea.

cheers, Greg



[Rd] S3 dispatch does not work for generics defined inside an environment
Greg Minshall