[R-pkg-devel] [External] Re: Confusing error

[Josiah Parry]

Since you have dplyr as a dependency (though I’d reconsider that one since
it can be quite hefty / change it’s API) I would suggest using
rlang::check_installer(“survey”) in the function that indirectly calls
survey.

This will throw an informative error when survey is not found.

In your examples you can wrap your example like:

if (rlang::is_installed(“survey”)) {
   Example code here
}

On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 13:17 Cohen, Aaron <cohenaa using iu.edu> wrote:

> Thank you [and Josiah Parry] for your help; I had already seen that
> PracTools uses `survey` but only suggests it, and I was unsure what to do
> on my end since I was getting in trouble whether I imported it or not. I
> will try doing what you suggest.
>
> Since the call to PracTools::deffCR is essential to this package, I will
> do the second suggestion.
>
> Best,
> Aaron
>
> From: Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, December 2, 2024 at 3:48 PM
> To: Cohen, Aaron <cohenaa using iu.edu>, r-package-devel using r-project.org <
> r-package-devel using r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [External] Re: [R-pkg-devel] Confusing error
> The PracTools::deffCR function calls survey::svydesign.  It only
> suggests the survey package, so it is not necessarily available.
>
> What you could do is also suggest survey, then add a test for its
> presence before calling PracTools::deffCR.  Or if that call is
> essential, then you should import survey, and add some innocuous direct
> reference to it to quiet the NOTE.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
> On 2024-12-02 3:38 p.m., Cohen, Aaron wrote:
> > Hello, thank you for getting back to me. I have a github with the code:
> >
> >
> https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2F237triangle%2Fsurveynnet&data=05%7C02%7Ccohenaa%40iu.edu%7C060efca807ac4e2520f108dd13129edc%7C1113be34aed14d00ab4bcdd02510be91%7C0%7C0%7C638687692959141667%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OH%2BsGWU%2FCuhyY111erhWCWNZE6rOsSnm2otRtrbN%2FaI%3D&reserved=0
> <https://github.com/237triangle/surveynnet>
> > <
> https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2F237triangle%2Fsurveynnet&data=05%7C02%7Ccohenaa%40iu.edu%7C060efca807ac4e2520f108dd13129edc%7C1113be34aed14d00ab4bcdd02510be91%7C0%7C0%7C638687692959178428%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2F4%2FhIYppugbVVzwyEsA1kAV5iK4XIUulxBOWmE1BZaI%3D&reserved=0
> <https://github.com/237triangle/surveynnet>>
> >
> > The main code is in R/surveynnet.R.
> >
> > Re: your suggestion, do you mean I should de-install the survey package?
> > I will try that, but would appreciate any additional help in the
> > meantime so I’m linking my github above.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > *From: *Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>
> > *Date: *Monday, December 2, 2024 at 3:09 PM
> > *To: *Cohen, Aaron <cohenaa using iu.edu>, r-package-devel using r-project.org
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> > *Subject: *[External] Re: [R-pkg-devel] Confusing error
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> > On 2024-12-02 11:38 a.m., Cohen, Aaron wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am trying to submit an R package to CRAN. There are no notes,
> comments or errors when checking on my local machine, but I keep getting an
> error message when submitting. I am attaching the log file, but basically
> the error occurs when running the examples.  In particular, it says
> >>
> >> Error in loadNamespace(x) : there is no package called 'survey'
> >>
> >> However, my package does not use the ‘survey’ package, and when I
> include this package to the Imports field in the DESCRIPTION file, it gives
> the following NOTE:
> >>
> >> checking dependencies in R code ... NOTE
> >>    Namespace in Imports field not imported from: ‘survey’
> >>      All declared Imports should be used.
> >>
> >>
> >> How do I resolve this issue?
> >>
> >
> > I'd remove the survey package on your system, and try running the
> > example that fails.  If you get the same error, you can track it down.
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch
> >
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