[Bioc-devel] NAMESPACE question

[Martin Morgan]

On 10/07/2014 09:15 AM, Michael Lawrence wrote:
>
>     Probably in your code you do not actually want to require() ad hoc packages
>     and influence the user search path (and implicitly rely on search path order
>     for correct functionality), but rather to requireNamespace("foo");
>     foo::fun(...) (or possibly loadNamespace()).
>
>
> This last paragraph should probably be explained in the Bioc coding standards if
> it is not already.

Thanks for the prompt, it's now mentioned on the coding style and package 
guidelines.

   http://bioconductor.org/developers/package-guidelines/#dependencies
   http://bioconductor.org/developers/how-to/coding-style/

Martin

-- 
Computational Biology / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1100 Fairview Ave. N.
PO Box 19024 Seattle, WA 98109

Location: Arnold Building M1 B861
Phone: (206) 667-2793