[R-pkg-devel] Assignments to the Global environment

[Hugh Parsonage]

I'm not CRAN, but something like this might be permissible while
satisfying your requirements.

   z <- function(..., assign.env = parent.frame(1))
assign(as.character(s), temp3, envir = assign.env)

The problem with assigning to the global environment is that z might
be called where it is expected to only have a local effect. If users
really want to assign to the global environment, providing an option
might be appropriate.

   z <- function(y, s, assign.env = getOption("TSEtools.z.env",
parent.frame(1))) assign(as.character(s), temp3, envir = assign.env)

   options("TSEtools.z.env" = .GlobalEnv)


On Sun, 7 Jan 2018 at 23:21 Saeb <ali.saeb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The function downloads the list of index's value and assigned them to
> the individual's name correspond with the indexes. If remove the
> .GlobalEnv, then we can not return the values in output.
>
> Since, the data is updated daily, I think that the storage on device is
> not user friendly enough.
>
> I already used the following code with same R report:
>
> assign(as.character(s), temp3, envir = .GlobalEnv)
>
> |
> |
>
>
> On 01/07/2018 01:30 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote:
> > Let me add: Frequently you can use storage in an enmvironment in yur
> > package, if that helps to avoid assigning into .GlobalEnv.
> >
> > Best,
> > Uwe Ligges
> >
> > On 06.01.2018 22:07, peter dalgaard wrote:
> >> You probably need to tell us what you are trying to achieve. Why do
> >> you want to assign temp3 to a variable with its name in s into the
> >> global environment? Not doing that would clearly eliminate the Note:,
> >> but presumably it has a function. However, writing to the global
> >> environment, especially to variables with arbitrary names, is
> >> potentially antisocial behaviour, since it may overwrite user variables.
> >>
> >> Incidentally, why do you write .GlobalEnv as as.environment(1)? Is is
> >> as intended?
> >>
> >> -pd
> >>
> >>> On 6 Jan 2018, at 20:36 , Saeb <ali.saeb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> * checking R code for possible problems ... [4s] NOTE
> >>> Found the following assignments to the global environment:
> >>> File 'TSEtools/R/getTSE.R':
> >>> assign(as.character(s), temp3, envir = as.environment(1))
> >>>
> >>> Please let me know, how can I eliminate this problem? I didn't find out
> >>> any good information on websites!
> >>
>
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