[Rd] 2 \alias{obj}
Prof Brian D Ripley
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:53:39 +0100 (BST)
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Paul Gilbert wrote:
> >> R CMD build does not seems to complain about an alias for the same
> >> object in two different .Rd files. Should that be allowed? I don't see
> >> when it would be legitimate. (And I didn't intend to do this and would
> >> have expected for a warning.)
>
> >If you mean in the same package, just installing will object. (As with
> >survreg.old in survival5, Thomas.)
>
> Ok, thanks. I was just revising documentation and running R CMD build, not
> re-installing. I see now that install gives a warning.
Before the final build, we expect you to have
1) INSTALL-ed successfully
2) run R CMD check
3) run Rd2dvi on the man directory
and I guess this should be in the R-exts manual.
> >If in different packages, no ban!
>
> Is this considered a problem or are there situations were it really makes sense
> (other than to perpetuate the problem of name space conflicts)?
Well, once upon a time package ts had enhanced versions of some of the
functions in base, with enhanced docs too, and on S MASS has enhanced
versions of functions in base and survival5, with enhanced docs.
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