[R] Loading namespaces

[Matthias Kohl]

BBK schrieb:

>Just noticed the mssing ) at the end of the setClass statement, it is there
>in the orginal
>
>Phineas
>
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>Subject: [R] Loading namespaces
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>
>I'm creating a package for my own use that uses some S4 classes but no
>methods.
>
>I have a file called NAMESPACE it contains the line:
>
>exportClasses("foo")
>
>and at the top of the R file I have
>
>setClass("foo", representation(x="numeric")
>
>and the line:
>
>.onLoad<-function(libname,pkgname)
>  
>
Do you mean

.onLoad <- function(lib, pkg) require(methods)

as given in Section 1.6.6 of "Writing R Extensions"

>When I run R CMD check I get Syntax error in the only R file.  If I comment
>out the .onLoad function I get a package/namespace load failed error.
>
>Are libname and pkgname parameters for the function .onLoad that need to
>explicitly stated, or does R populate them when the package is loaded?
>
>Does .onLoad as defined above do enough to ensure that the namesapce is
>loaded?
>  
>
see Section 1.6.6 (ibid.): "There needs to be an .onLoad action to
ensure that the methods package is loaded and attached"

hth
Matthias

>Phineas Campbell
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