[R-pkg-devel] loadMethod() not available with Rscript

[Joshua Ulrich]

Hi Thierry,

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 7:45 AM, Thierry Onkelinx
<thierry.onkelinx at inbo.be> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Could someone explain this to me? I have a simple script (see below).
> my_function() is an S4 method. The package imports all functions from
> methods that it uses.
>
> When I run the script in a vanilla R session it works. When using
> Rscript I get the error: Error in loadMethod(function (x, ...)  :
> could not find function "loadMethod"
>
> loadMethod() is NOT used in mypackage and not imported.
>
Rscript does not load/attach the "methods" package like is done in an
interactive R session.

Perhaps your package uses a package that needs methods::loadMethod(),
but does not import it correctly?

> library(mypackage)
> my_function()
>
> Best regards,
>
> ir. Thierry Onkelinx
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