atomicVector-class          package:Matrix          R Documentation

_V_i_r_t_u_a_l _C_l_a_s_s "_a_t_o_m_i_c_V_e_c_t_o_r" _o_f _A_t_o_m_i_c _V_e_c_t_o_r_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'class' '"atomicVector"' is a _virtual_ class containing all
     atomic vector classes of base R, as also implicitly defined via
     'is.atomic'.

_O_b_j_e_c_t_s _f_r_o_m _t_h_e _C_l_a_s_s:

     A virtual Class: No objects may be created from it.

_M_e_t_h_o_d_s:

     In the 'Matrix' package, the "atomicVector" is used in signature
     where typically "old-style" "matrix" objects can be used and can
     be substituted by simple vectors.

_E_x_t_e_n_d_s:

     The atomic classes '"logical"', '"integer"', '"double"',
     '"numeric"', '"complex"', '"raw"' and '"character"' are extended
     directly.  Note that '"numeric"' already contains '"integer"' and
     '"double"', but we want all of them to be direct subclasses of
     '"atomicVector"'.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Martin Maechler

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'is.atomic', 'integer', 'numeric', 'complex', etc.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     showClass("atomicVector")