[Bioc-devel] Importing classes into NAMESPACE

[Karolis Uziela]

Thank you for your help everyone! Importing constructors separately (as
Thomas suggested), has solved the problem.

@Gabe: I am not using any methods from Biobase, GenomicRanges
and S4Vectors. I am only using their constructors. Does it mean that I can
skip importing the classes and only import the constructors? Or did you
have something else in your mind?

I thought it is better to avoid importing whole packages, especially if
they are large. Or do you have some arguments, why I should do that?

Regards,
Karolis

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Gabe Becker <becker.gabe at gene.com> wrote:

> Karolis,
>
> Do you really not need any of the methods for GRanges and ExpressionSet
> objects? import(GenomicRanges) might be better, even though the package
> isn't exactly small.
>
> ~G
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 6:27 AM, Thomas Sandmann <sandmann.thomas at gene.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi Karolis,
>>
>> These classes have constructor functions of the same name as the class.
>> For
>> example, the constructor function for GRanges is called GRanges().
>>
>> If you use the constructors you need to import them separately, e.g.
>>
>> importFrom GenomicRanges GRanges
>>
>> Best,
>> Thomas
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