[R] Set values in namespaces

[Simon Fear]

Digressing somewhat from the namespace discussion, and
focussing on

> I want to be able to change the values, so that the user of 
> the package
> can control in some way how some of the functions in the 
> package will work.
> 
> "useless" example:
> 
> mypackage::username = "Thomas"
> mypackage::printusername = function() print(username)
> 

you might instead just put this info into a list perhaps called
mypackageOptions, which would allow the user to change 
things such as mypackageOptions$username <- "Simon", or
you could even write a friendlier wrapper (like options itself).

I realise this is not as beautiful as you are trying to achieve, but 
it's there if you need a quick fix.  
 
Simon Fear 
Senior Statistician 
Syne qua non Ltd 
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