method -- make a new method function

method -- make a new method function

f = method() -- creates a method function

The code above creates a method function which takes up to three arguments, looking up the appropriate method according to the classes of the arguments, with inheritance. To install a method for two arguments, (x,y), of classes X and Y, use code like this:

          f(X,Y) := (x,y) -> ...

where '...' represents the body of the function you wish to install. The syntax for one or three arguments is analogous. For a single argument x of class X, one could omit the parentheses, and write:

          f X := (x) -> ...

the effect of which happens to be the same as that of

          X#f := (x) -> ...

See also:

methods -- list methods

Optional arguments :

method(..., Associative => ...) -- allows associative methods to be created

method(..., Options => ...) -- method functions with optional arguments

method(..., SingleArgumentDispatch => ...) -- method functions with a variable number of arguments

method(..., TypicalValue => ...) -- specify return value type