The class hierarchy S4 dispatch walks, with the classes whose superclasses are not all known (they come from packages).
Readonly
classes the program does not declare, whose superclasses (from base R or a package) are open
per S3 class setOldClass registers, the calls registering it; undefined if one registers classes not known
setOldClass
undefined
The class hierarchy S4 dispatch walks, with the classes whose superclasses are not all known (they come from packages).