[R-pkg-devel] Using non-exported functions from another package with :::

[Joris Meys]

Hi all,

I'm working on a very small package where I redesign the inputs of Shiny to
have the label inline instead of above the actual widget. To avoid having
to rewrite quite big parts of Shiny, I need access to a number of internal
functions. I do this using :::, but R CMD check obviously gives a note,
indicating that this is "a bad idea".

I understand why this is in most cases a bad idea, but I see no other
option apart from literally copying these functions (and the ones they
depend on) all into my package.

Hence my questions:

- is it acceptable to get a package using ::: on CRAN? When I run R CMD
check --as-cran it only gives a note, but just to be sure...

- anybody a better option to be able to use eg shiny:::selectizeIt,
shiny:::selectOptions etc?

Thank you in advance
Joris

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