[R] Sharing of Libraries (S+ and R)

[Liaw, Andy]

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Andy

From: Paul.Reynolds at ilim.com
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone please advise if there is a neat way to 'share' 
> libraries of (previously developed) S+ code with R?  
> 
> Specifically, within S+ I can use the attach(what = "<Chapter 
> Directory>", pos = 2) command, to retrieve previously 
> developed functions and variables to position 2 in the search 
> list.  [Some may be intentionally masked by what's in the 
> current working chapter].  Can I similarly directly retrieve 
> these functions and variables within R at position 2 in the 
> search list?  
> 
> I have been able to achieve limited success via data.dump 
> (within S+) and subsequent data.restore functionality (within 
> R).  I have intentionally NOT restored objects beginning with 
> "." (via use of initial argument objects(pos, regexpr.pattern 
> = "^[^.]" within S+ data.dump command) because of issues with 
> .Random.seed due to differing random number generation 
> methodologies between S+ and R.  I would wish to maintain 
> this rationale of not including such "." objects if possible. 
>  Also, I am not sure how to restore objects to (a new R 
> object at) position 2 as opposed to my workspace (env 
> argument defaulting to .GlobalEnv) via data.restore?
> 
> With regard to the 'attach' functionality within R I have 
> been able to retrieve previous functions developed within R 
> and saved as an R data file. So maybe my issue boils down to 
> 'converting' the S+ <Chapter Directory> into an R data file?  
> I hope there is indeed such a simple solution.
> 
> Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks and kind regards
> Paul  
> 
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