From f29ee4c3ac1c4204cfc2658fca8a34c7da6d1f35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HelenaLC <helena@crowell.eu>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 21:43:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] use BiocGenerics::table

---
 R/SpatialData.R    |  2 +-
 R/methods.R        | 21 +++------------------
 man/SpatialData.Rd |  4 +---
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/R/SpatialData.R b/R/SpatialData.R
index 470cd1a..234e398 100644
--- a/R/SpatialData.R
+++ b/R/SpatialData.R
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #' 
 #' @aliases data meta 
 #' @aliases layer element element<-
-#' @aliases image label point shape table,ANY-method
+#' @aliases image label point shape table
 #' @aliases images labels points shapes tables
 #' @aliases image<- label<- point<- shape<- table<-
 #' @aliases images<- labels<- points<- shapes<- tables<-
diff --git a/R/methods.R b/R/methods.R
index 78fb48b..6e26ef2 100644
--- a/R/methods.R
+++ b/R/methods.R
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ for (. in one) eval(f(.), parent.env(environment()))
 # get one ----
 
 #' @name SpatialData
-#' @exportMethod image label point shape
+#' @importFrom BiocGenerics table
+#' @exportMethod image label point shape table
 NULL
 
 .get <- \(y, i) {
@@ -249,24 +250,8 @@ NULL
     y[[i]]
 }
 
-#' @export
-#' @name SpatialData
-#' @importFrom BiocGenerics table
-setMethod("table", "ANY", \(...) {
-    l <- list(...)
-    if (!is(l[[1]], "SpatialData"))
-        return(base::table(...))
-    n <- length(l)
-    i <- if (n == 1) 1 else l[[2]]
-    m <- length(i)
-    if (n > 2 || m > 1)
-        stop("too many arguments")
-    y <- l[[1]]$tables
-    .get(y, i)
-})
-
 .set <- \(.) setMethod(., "SpatialData", \(x, i=1) .get(x[[paste0(., "s")]], i))
-for (. in setdiff(one, "table")) eval(.set(.), parent.env(environment()))
+for (. in one) eval(.set(.), parent.env(environment()))
 
 # set all ----
 
diff --git a/man/SpatialData.Rd b/man/SpatialData.Rd
index 161b8fb..c107a3e 100644
--- a/man/SpatialData.Rd
+++ b/man/SpatialData.Rd
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 \alias{label}
 \alias{point}
 \alias{shape}
-\alias{table,ANY-method}
+\alias{table}
 \alias{images}
 \alias{labels}
 \alias{points}
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ SpatialData(images, labels, points, shapes, tables)
 
 \S4method{tables}{SpatialData}(x)
 
-\S4method{table}{ANY}(...)
-
 \S4method{[[}{SpatialData,numeric,ANY}(x, i) <- value
 
 \S4method{[[}{SpatialData,character,ANY}(x, i) <- value

From 9fd8785deb1b9820f16926adc9a0d52eda97d0c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HelenaLC <helena@crowell.eu>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 21:51:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] v0.99.38

---
 DESCRIPTION | 2 +-
 NAMESPACE   | 1 +
 R/sdFrame.R | 2 +-
 inst/NEWS   | 4 ++++
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b424d6d..2394c6d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: SpatialData
 Title: Representation of Python's SpatialData in R
 Depends: R (>= 4.6)
-Version: 0.99.37
+Version: 0.99.38
 Description: R interface to Python/scverse's 'spatialdata' framework for 
     unified spatial omics data handling. Adheres to OME-NGFF standards, 
     providing lazy, on-disk representations for multiscale images and 
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 76d7795..3c84afb 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ importFrom(sf,st_bbox)
 importFrom(sf,st_centroid)
 importFrom(sf,st_coordinates)
 importFrom(sf,st_geometry_type)
+importFrom(sf,st_point)
 importFrom(sf,st_polygon)
 importFrom(sf,st_sf)
 importFrom(sf,st_sfc)
diff --git a/R/sdFrame.R b/R/sdFrame.R
index 36f00cd..4f56dd9 100644
--- a/R/sdFrame.R
+++ b/R/sdFrame.R
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ NULL
 
 # new ----
 
-#' @importFrom sf st_sf st_sfc st_as_sf st_polygon
+#' @importFrom sf st_sf st_sfc st_as_sf st_point st_polygon
 .df_to_sf <- \(data, type=c("POINT", "POLYGON")) {
     type <- match.arg(type)
     if (is.null(data) || isTRUE(nrow(data) == 0)) {
diff --git a/inst/NEWS b/inst/NEWS
index f73b911..f8a030a 100644
--- a/inst/NEWS
+++ b/inst/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+changes in version 0.99.38
+
+- use BiocGenerics::table
+
 changes in version 0.99.37
 
 - fix note regarding internal '.mask' generic