[Rd] Cryptic error message from namespaceExport

[Michael Lawrence]

Thanks. The error message will now say:

undefined exports: class inla

Will check-in after running more tests.


On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 10:19 AM Thierry Onkelinx <thierry.onkelinx using inbo.be>
wrote:

> Dear Michael,
>
> my package has setOldClass("inla") and the NAMESPACE
> contains exportClasses(inla) and importFrom(INLA, inla.posterior.sample)
>
> the old version of INLA uses the S3 class "inla" but does not export it.
> the new version of INLA has setOldClass("inla") and the NAMESPACE
> contains exportClasses(inla)
>
> installing my package in combination with an older INLA version works
>
> install.packages("
> https://inla.r-inla-download.org/R/stable/src/contrib/INLA_18.07.12.tar.gz",
> repos = NULL)
> remotes::install_github("inbo/inlatools", upgrade = FALSE, force = TRUE)
>
> installing my package with a recent INLA versions yields the error
>
> install.packages("
> https://inla.r-inla-download.org/R/stable/src/contrib/INLA_19.09.03.tar.gz",
> repos = NULL)
> remotes::install_github("inbo/inlatools", upgrade = FALSE, force = TRUE)
>
> Warning: INLA is a very large package. The old version is 87 MB, the new
> one 250 MB
>
> Best regards,
>
> ir. Thierry Onkelinx
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>
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> Op vr 6 sep. 2019 om 17:16 schreef Michael Lawrence <
> lawrence.michael using gene.com>:
>
>> Just to clarify, your package is exporting a class that is not
>> defined? Or is it exporting a class that is defined by a dependency
>> and then masked by setOldClass()? A simple reproducible example would
>> help.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 7:48 AM Thierry Onkelinx via R-devel
>> <r-devel using r-project.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > Today I got this error message (R 3.6.1) when installing my package:
>> >
>> > Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘inlatools’ in
>> > namespaceExport(ns, exports):
>> >  undefined exports: .__C__inla
>> >
>> > My package was using setOldClass("inla") and exported the "inla" class
>> via
>> > the NAMESPACE. It imports functions from the INLA package. Older
>> versions
>> > of the INLA package did not export the "inla" class. Hence the use of
>> > setOldClass().
>> > The current version of the INLA package does export the "inla" class
>> > through it NAMESPACE. This triggered the error described above.
>> >
>> > Is the possible to improve this error message? The current message is
>> > misleading as neither packages contain the string ".__C__inla"
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > ir. Thierry Onkelinx
>> > Statisticus / Statistician
>> >
>> > Vlaamse Overheid / Government of Flanders
>> > INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR- EN BOSONDERZOEK / RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE
>> AND
>> > FOREST
>> > Team Biometrie & Kwaliteitszorg / Team Biometrics & Quality Assurance
>> > thierry.onkelinx using inbo.be
>> > Havenlaan 88 bus 73, 1000 Brussel
>> > www.inbo.be
>> >
>> >
>> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> > To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more
>> > than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to
>> say
>> > what the experiment died of. ~ Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher
>> > The plural of anecdote is not data. ~ Roger Brinner
>> > The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not
>> > ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of
>> data.
>> > ~ John Tukey
>> >
>> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> >
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