[R] proper way to handle obsolete function names

[R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt@gmail.com>]

On Apr 17, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Jannis <bt_jannis at yahoo.de> wrote:

> Dear R community,
> 
> 
> what would be the proper R way to handle obsolete function names? I have created several packages with functions and sometimes would like to change the name of a function but would like to create a mechanism that other scripts of functions using the old name still work.

It sounds like you want .Deprecate

?.Deprecate

Michael

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> Cheers
> Jannis
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