Hello,

The package I'm finishing up contains a series of functions
intended to be run one after the other, as in:
do data-prep using A()
run complicated, slow, analysis B()
do complicated, slow additional analysis C()
plot the results with D() and E()

Now, in the documentation for each of those functions,
I put the entire sequence to illustrate the proper sequence.
But this means that the time-consuming B() and C() run several
times during package checking, taking far too long.

I know that I can use
\dontrun{B()}
to show the sequence in the help without actually executing it each time.

Is that the preferred approach, or is there something "nicer"?
Ideally, I'd like to include one global example that covers all related
functions, but I can't find a way to do that neatly (other than possibly
a vignette?).

Thanks,
Sarah

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