[R-pkg-devel] Unsure why my package failed pre-check

[Jeff Newmiller]

https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html#Package-namespaces

Namespaces are sealed after loading. Workaround is to create a global variable that is an environment in an `.onLoad` hook, and modify variables in that environment instead.

On July 10, 2022 1:41:12 PM PDT, Edward Wei <edwwei2020 using gmail.com> wrote:
>Is the reason my package failed because the functions assign global
>variables? If this is the case, can I see where it says that functions
>should not assign global variables?
>
>
>
>* using log directory 'd:/RCompile/CRANincoming/R-devel/avfintools.Rcheck'
>* using R Under development (unstable) (2022-07-09 r82572 ucrt)
>* using platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32 (64-bit)
>* using session charset: UTF-8
>* checking for file 'avfintools/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
>* checking extension type ... Package
>* this is package 'avfintools' version '0.1.0'
>* package encoding: UTF-8
>* checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... NOTE
>Maintainer: 'Edward Wei <edwwei2020 using gmail.com>'
>
>New submission
>
>Possibly misspelled words in DESCRIPTION:
>  Avfintools (10:18)
>  CRAN (9:34)
>  Vantager (3:55, 10:46, 11:56)
>  alphavantager (8:3, 9:7)
>  api (7:49)
>* checking package namespace information ... OK
>* checking package dependencies ... OK
>* checking if this is a source package ... OK
>* checking if there is a namespace ... OK
>* checking for hidden files and directories ... OK
>* checking for portable file names ... OK
>* checking whether package 'avfintools' can be installed ... OK
>* checking installed package size ... OK
>* checking package directory ... OK
>* checking for future file timestamps ... OK
>* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
>* checking top-level files ... OK
>* checking for left-over files ... OK
>* checking index information ... OK
>* checking package subdirectories ... OK
>* checking R files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
>* checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
>* checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
>* checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
>* checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
>* checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
>* checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
>* checking loading without being on the library search path ... OK
>* checking use of S3 registration ... OK
>* checking dependencies in R code ... OK
>* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
>* checking replacement functions ... OK
>* checking foreign function calls ... OK
>* checking R code for possible problems ... [8s] NOTE
>Found the following assignments to the global environment:
>File 'avfintools/R/avfintools.R':
>  assign(paste0(ticker, "daily"), addreturns(retdata), envir = .GlobalEnv)
>  assign(paste0(ticker, "15"), addreturns(retdata), envir = .GlobalEnv)
>  assign(paste0(ticker, "15"), addreturns(retdata), envir = .GlobalEnv)
>  assign(paste0(ticker, "wk"), addreturns(retdata), envir = .GlobalEnv)
>  assign(paste0(ticker, "60"), addreturns(retdata), envir = .GlobalEnv)
>  assign(paste0(ticker, "60"), addreturns(retdata), envir = .GlobalEnv)
>  assign(paste0(ticker, "5"), addreturns(retdata), envir = .GlobalEnv)
>  assign(paste0(ticker, "5"), addreturns(retdata), envir = .GlobalEnv)
>  assign(paste0(coin_name, "60"), addreturns(retdata), envir = .GlobalEnv)
>  assign(paste0(coin_name, "daily"), retdata, envir = .GlobalEnv)
>* checking Rd files ... [1s] OK
>* checking Rd metadata ... OK
>* checking Rd line widths ... OK
>* checking Rd cross-references ... OK
>* checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
>* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
>* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
>* checking Rd contents ... OK
>* checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... OK
>* checking contents of 'data' directory ... OK
>* checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
>* checking LazyData ... OK
>* checking data for ASCII and uncompressed saves ... OK
>* checking examples ... [9s] OK
>* checking PDF version of manual ... OK
>* checking for detritus in the temp directory ... OK
>* DONE
>Status: 2 NOTEs
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