nonSlotAttributes       package:externalVector       R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     These functions access an object's attribute list. The first form
     returns the an object's attribute list after removing any
     attribute which is also a slot for the object. The assignment form
     makes the list on the right-hand side of the assignment the
     object's attribute list (if appropriate).

_U_s_a_g_e:

     nonSlotAttributes(x)
     nonSlotAttributes(x) <- value

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: An object. 

   value: An appropriate attribute list, or 'NULL'. 

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'attributes' and 'attributes<-'

