From jmc at r-project.org  Wed Oct 31 22:34:41 2012
From: jmc at r-project.org (John Chambers)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:34:41 -0700
Subject: [Rd] Class generator functions for reference classes
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The values returned by setRefClass(), getRefClass() now  (rev. 61058) 
have  class "refObjectGenerator" as they do in 2.15.2, for the sake of 
back compatibility.

This is only a reversion of the class name.  The behavior of such 
objects as generator functions with additional reference methods should 
remain as in rev. 61035.

John

On 10/30/12 2:09 PM, John Chambers wrote:
> A heads up for those using Rcpp and perhaps other packages related to
> reference classes.
>
> The changes in 61035 cause a problem for classes defined with a slot
> using the return value of setRefClass(), notably for Rcpp. The name of
> that class changed.
>
> Rather than introduce back-incompatibility, I will rename a couple of
> classes so the class name of the return value remains the same.  (It's
> not as natural a naming scheme as what is in place, but not the first
> time back-compatibility has won out over preferred design.)
>
> It will be a day or two before I can get to this, so don't panic if your
> package does not install from the current r-devel until then.
>
> John
>
> On 10/27/12 2:07 PM, John Chambers wrote:
>> As of rev. 61035 in r-devel, setRefClass() now returns a generator
>> function, as setClass() has done since 2.15.0.
>>
>> The convenient style is now:
>>   mEdit <- setRefClass("mEdit",......)
>>   xx <- mEdit(data = xMat)
>>
>> instead of
>>   xx <- mEdit$new(data = xMat)
>>
>> The returned object still has fields and methods accessible as before.
>>
>> See the "Value" and "Reference Class Generators" sections of
>> ?ReferenceClasses for details.
>>
>> Thanks to Romain Fran?ois for suggesting this.
>>
>> John
>>
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[Rd] Class generator functions for reference classes
John Chambers