[Rd] NAMESPACE problems

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, robin hankin wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I am having difficulty following section 1.6.6 of the R-extensions manual.

Also in following the posting guide: which version of R is this (it 
matters here!)?

It seems you are failing to import the functions you are attempting to 
take over as S4 generics: most likely plot() so you need

importFrom(graphics, plot)

at least in R 2.13.x.

>
> I am trying to update the Brobdingnag package to include a NAMESPACE file (the
> untb package requires the Brobdingnag package).
>
> Without the NAMESPACE file, the package passes R CMD check cleanly.
>
> However, if I include a NAMESPACE file, even an empty one, R CMD check
> gives the following error in 00install.out:
>
>
>
> wt118:~/packages% cat Brobdingnag.Rcheck/00install.out
> * installing *source* package ‘Brobdingnag’ ...
> ** R
> ** inst
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> Creating a generic for ‘max’ in package ‘Brobdingnag’
>    (the supplied definition differs from and overrides the implicit generic
>    in package ‘base’: Classes: "nonstandardGenericFunction", "standardGeneric")
> Creating a generic for ‘min’ in package ‘Brobdingnag’
>    (the supplied definition differs from and overrides the implicit generic
>    in package ‘base’: Classes: "nonstandardGenericFunction", "standardGeneric")
> Creating a generic for ‘range’ in package ‘Brobdingnag’
>    (the supplied definition differs from and overrides the implicit generic
>    in package ‘base’: Classes: "nonstandardGenericFunction", "standardGeneric")
> Creating a generic for ‘prod’ in package ‘Brobdingnag’
>    (the supplied definition differs from and overrides the implicit generic
>    in package ‘base’: Classes: "nonstandardGenericFunction", "standardGeneric")
> Creating a generic for ‘sum’ in package ‘Brobdingnag’
>    (the supplied definition differs from and overrides the implicit generic
>    in package ‘base’: Classes: "nonstandardGenericFunction", "standardGeneric")
> Error in setGeneric(f, where = where) :
>  must supply a function skeleton, explicitly or via an existing function
> Error : unable to load R code in package 'Brobdingnag'
> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package ‘Brobdingnag’
> * removing ‘/Users/rksh/packages/Brobdingnag.Rcheck/Brobdingnag’
> wt118:~/packages%
>
>
> AFAICS, all the setGeneric() calls are pretty much like this:
>
> setGeneric("getX",function(x){standardGeneric("getX")})
>
>
>
> Can anyone advise?
>
>
> thank you
>
> Robin
>
>
> -- 
> Robin Hankin
> Uncertainty Analyst
> hankin.robin at gmail.com
>
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