[R-pkg-devel] which functions to deprecate

Thierry Onkelinx th|erry@onke||nx @end|ng |rom |nbo@be
Mon Oct 11 13:06:55 CEST 2021


Dear all,

I have a package with a legacy main function which calls a few exported
functions. In practice most users will only call the main function. Should
I deprecate only the main function or all the legacy functions? The latter
case generates more deprecation warnings when calling the main function.

Best regards,

ir. Thierry Onkelinx
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FOREST
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