nimbleFunctionVirtual: create a virtual nimbleFunction, a base class for other...
In nimble: MCMC, Particle Filtering, and Programmable Hierarchical Modeling

nimbleFunctionVirtual

R Documentation

create a virtual nimbleFunction, a base class for other nimbleFunctions

define argument types and returnType for the run function and any methods, to be used in the contains argument of nimbleFunction

nimbleFunctionVirtual(
  contains = NULL,
  run = function() {
 },
  methods = list(),
  name = NA,
  methodControl = list()
)

`contains`	Not yet functional
`run`	A NIMBLE function that will only be used to inspect its argument types and returnType.
`methods`	An optional named list of NIMBLE functions that will also only be used for inspecting argument types and returnTypes.
`name`	An optional name used internally by the NIMBLE compiler. This is usually omitted and NIMBLE provides one.
`methodControl`	An optional list that allows specification of methods with defaults.

See the NIMBLE User Manual section on nimbleFunctionLists for explanation of how to use a virtual nimbleFunction.

An object that can be passed as the contains argument to nimbleFunction or as the argument to nimbleFunctionList

NIMBLE development team