Optional ReadonlybeforeOptional Readonlycallsdoes the call run what it binds, as makeActiveBinding runs its function on every read of the name?
Optional ReadonlycanOptional ReadonlyenvironmentName of the arg selecting the target env (e.g. 'envir' for assign); if it resolves to a tracked InGraphIdentifierDefinition#envState, the assignment is routed there instead of the current scope.
Optional ReadonlymakeMake maybe if assigned to symbol
Optional ReadonlymayOptional ReadonlymodesOptional ReadonlyquoteOptional Readonlyreaddoes the call use the old value of its target (e.g. setNames(x, nm)), so that the target reads its previous definition?
Optional Readonlyregistersbinds at the top level wherever the call runs, as registering a method (setMethod) does
Optional Readonlyreplacementthe call is a replacement function, which keeps the kind of its target whatever value it is given
Optional Readonlysigthe formals of the call, so a positional AssignmentConfiguration#environmentArg is found at the slot it really has
ReadonlysourceOptional ReadonlysuperOptional ReadonlyswapReadonlytargetOptional Readonlytargetthe class of the S3 method the call binds as <target>.<class>, like .S3method("f", "b", m) binds f.b
Optional Readonlytargetappended to a target named by a string (setReplaceMethod("f", ...) binds f<-)
Optional Readonlytargetis the target a variable pointing at the actual name?
runs once the value is processed, before the target is defined; the target is defined in the environment it returns