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

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 10/07/2022 4:41 p.m., Edward Wei 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?

It's in the CRAN repository policy:

"- Packages should not modify the global environment (user’s workspace)."

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> 
> 
> * 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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