[Rd] Is .packageName part of the official API?
Duncan Murdoch
murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
Tue Jul 12 22:18:30 CEST 2016
On 12/07/2016 2:55 PM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Hi, I've seen that some packages use .packageName internally to infer
> their own name. Is that officially supported? I could not find it
> documented anywhere.
>
> There's utils::packageName(), which internally looks for .packageName.
> However, if the latter is not found, it may return NULL whereas an
> error would be more appropriate if a package name is expected. Using
> .packageName would give an error if it does not exist. Also, which is
> minor, using packageName() would add explicit dependency on the utils
> package whereas .packageName doesn't.
>
> So, should I use .packageName or utils::packageName() for this?
You should use utils::packageName. It is documented; .packageName is not.
Duncan Murdoch
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