[Rd] ":::" operator doesn't work with data object Ecdat:::Crime

[Spencer Graves]

       The ":::" operator doesn't work for me with "Ecdat:::Crime" on 
either macOS 10.15.3 or Windows 10.


       A different but related issue is that "plm::Crime" says "Error: 
'Crime' is not an exported object from 'namespace:plm'", even though 
"library(plm); data(Crime); Crime" works.  I would naively think a user 
should be able to compare "Crime" objects documented in different 
packages using the "::" and ":::" operators, even if a package 
maintainer chooses not to "export" data objects.


       What do you think?


       Thanks,
       Spencer Graves


*** The following is from my Mac;  I could give you the comparable 
results from Windows 10 if you want it.


 > dim(Ecdat::Crime)
[1] 630  24
 > Ecdat:::Crime
Error in get(name, envir = asNamespace(pkg), inherits = FALSE) :
   object 'Crime' not found
 > sessionInfo()
R version 3.6.3 (2020-02-29)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
Running under: macOS Catalina 10.15.3

Matrix products: default
BLAS: 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
LAPACK: 
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.6/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets
[6] methods   base

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
  [1] Rcpp_1.0.3         lattice_0.20-40
  [3] mvtnorm_1.1-0      BMA_3.18.12
  [5] Ecdat_0.3-7        rrcov_1.5-2
  [7] MASS_7.3-51.5      leaps_3.1
  [9] grid_3.6.3         pcaPP_1.9-73
[11] stats4_3.6.3       TeachingDemos_2.10
[13] Ecfun_0.2-4        robustbase_0.93-5
[15] xml2_1.2.5         Matrix_1.2-18
[17] splines_3.6.3      tools_3.6.3
[19] DEoptimR_1.0-8     jpeg_0.1-8.1
[21] survival_3.1-11    compiler_3.6.3
[23] inline_0.3.15      fda_2.4.8.1


[1] The six "Crime" objects I found were in the following packages: 
Ecdat,  BSDA, plm, mosaicModel, statisticalModeling, and gpk.