[Bioc-devel] Aliasing `]` breaks BiocCheck::BiocCheck() version 1.18.0

[Tierney, Luke]

codetools already checks only closures in checkUsageENv and hande
checkUsagePackage, so this is anissue on the Bioc side.

Best,

luke

On Tue, 18 Dec 2018, Tierney, Luke wrote:

> Codetools should probably be ignoring those. Will have a look
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 18, 2018, at 6:54 AM, Shepherd, Lori <Lori.Shepherd using RoswellPark.org> wrote:
>>
>> Can you please open an issue for this so we don't lose track of it -
>>
>> https://github.com/Bioconductor/BiocCheck/issues
>>
>>
>>
>> Lori Shepherd
>>
>> Bioconductor Core Team
>>
>> Roswell Park Cancer Institute
>>
>> Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
>>
>> Elm & Carlton Streets
>>
>> Buffalo, New York 14263
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Bioc-devel <bioc-devel-bounces using r-project.org> on behalf of Shian Su <su.s using wehi.edu.au>
>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2018 8:34:10 PM
>> To: bioc-devel
>> Subject: [Bioc-devel] Aliasing `]` breaks BiocCheck::BiocCheck() version 1.18.0
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> If you put
>>
>> foo <- `[`
>>
>> Somewhere in a package, it will trigger
>>
>> Error in makeUsageCollector(fun, ...) : only works for closures
>>
>> In BiocCheck::BiocCheck() (version 1.18.0). This comes from
>>
>> if (typeof(fun) != "closure")
>>        stop("only works for closures")
>>
>> In codetools::makeUsageCollector(), but
>>
>>> typeof(`[`)
>> ## "special"
>>
>> Not that it matters for my use-case because I had discovered magrittr???s extract alias, but it might be an edge case worth covering, especially since the error message is so cryptic.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Shian Su
>>
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