[Rd] Options that are local to the package that sets them

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am trying to do the following, and could use some hints.
>
> Suppose I have a package called pkgA. pkgA exposes an API that
> includes setting some options, e.g. pkgA works with color palettes,
> and the user of the package can define new palettes. pkgA provides an
> API to manipulate these palettes, including defining them.
>
> pkgA is intended to be used in other packages, e.g. in pkgB1 and
> pkgB2. Now suppose pkgB1 and pkgB2 both set new palettes using pkgA.
> They might set palettes with the same name, of course, they do not
> know about each other.
>
> My question is, is there a straightforward way to implement pkgA's
> API, such that pkgB1 and pkgB2 do not interfere? In other words, if
> pkgB1 and pkgB2 both define a palette 'foo', but they define it
> differently, each should see her own version of it.
>
> I guess this requires that I put something (a function?) in both
> pkgB1's and pkgB2's package namespace. As I see it, this can only
> happen when pkgA's API is called from pkgB1 (and pkgB2).
>
> So at this time I could just walk up the call tree and put the palette
> definition in the first environment that is not pkgA's. This looks
> somewhat messy, and I am probably missing some caveats.
>
> Is there a better way? I have a feeling that this is already supported
> somehow, I just can't find out how.
>

Try the settings package.