[Rd] R CMD check does not recognize S4 functions inside other functions?

[Henric (Nilsson) Winell]

On 2009-08-28 09:58, Martin Maechler wrote:

>>>>>> "GH" == Giles Hooker <gjh27 at cornell.edu>
>>>>>>     on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:12:48 -0400 writes:
> 
>     GH> I am developing a new R package and am now checking it for submission to
>     GH> CRAN.
> 
>     GH> The some functions in the package make use of the sparse matrix routines
>     GH> in the package 'Matrix'.
> 
>     GH> When these are loaded in R, they create no problems.
> 
>     GH> However, when running R CMD check, I run into the following error in 
>     GH> executing the examples in a .rd file:
> 
>     >> DD = Matrix(diag(1,200),sparse=TRUE)
>     >> tDD = t(DD)
> 
> {{well, the transpose of a diagonal matrix, really ??}}
> 
> Just a remark:   For larger values of n=200,
> it would be more efficient (and elegant) to directly use
> 
>    DD <- Diagonal(200)
> 
> See   ?Diagonal,  and e.g.,
> 
>   > Diagonal(4)
>   4 x 4 diagonal matrix of class "ddiMatrix"
>        [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
>   [1,]    1    .    .    .
>   [2,]    .    1    .    .
>   [3,]    .    .    1    .
>   [4,]    .    .    .    1
>   > .symDiagonal(4)
>   4 x 4 sparse Matrix of class "dsCMatrix"
> 
>   [1,] 1 . . .
>   [2,] . 1 . .
>   [3,] . . 1 .
>   [4,] . . . 1
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     >> 
>     >> fres = FitMatchOpt(coefs=coefs,which=2,pars=pars,proc)
>     GH> Error in t.default(DD) : argument is not a matrix
>     GH> Calls: FitMatchOpt -> t -> t.default
>     GH> Execution halted
> 
>     GH> The first two lines of the function FitMatchOpt are
> 
>     GH> DD = Matrix(diag(1,200),sparse=TRUE)
>     GH> tDD = t(DD)
> 
>     GH> These were fine when given in the examples section of the .rd file 
>     GH> directly. However, when defined within a function in the package, the 
>     GH> lines cause an error.
> 
> How does your package "get Matrix"?
> 
> I'm sure there's some problem in requiring Matrix, in either
> your DESCRIPTION or your NAMESPACE  (or a .First.library or ...)
> 
> Your DESCRIPTION should have
> 
> Depends: ...., Matrix
> Imports: ...., Matrix

Can you please clarify the simultaneous use of `Depends:' and `Imports'. 
The Writing R Extensions manual explicitly says that:

"Packages declared in the 'Depends' field should not also be in the 
'Imports' field."


Thanks,
Henric



> 
> and your NAMESPACE  
> 
> either
>    importFrom("Matrix", .....)# the things you need
> 
> or (if you use many things from the Matrix package, and/or
>     in some way just *extend* it ...)
> 
>    import("Matrix")
> 
> 
> 
> Does that help?
> 
> Best regards,
> Martin Maechler
> 
> 
>     GH> Sparse matrices improve the computational efficiency of the routines I 
>     GH> am developing and I would like to use them. But I'm not sure how I can 
>     GH> get around this error.
> 
>     GH> Many thanks,
> 
>     GH> Giles Hooker
> 
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