On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Seth Falcon wrote:
>
>> Seth Falcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> Perhaps:
>>>
>>> R_FindNamespace(mkString(where))
>>
>> Sorry, this won't help you for package-level code as this function is
>> part of the internal use only API. It would be nice to have access to
>> it or a similar function from C in package code.
>
> Hmm, it is declared in Rinternals.h, which is the public header for
> manipulating R objects at C level. As such it is available to packages,
> but as it is not documented in 'Writing R Extensions' it is subject to
> change.
>
> R_FindNamespace is essentially the same code as Duncan M provided, so it
> is a pretty simple function. (It still contains a test that namespaces
> are supported, and that seems long overdue for removal.)
Except for a small detail: the code in R_FindNamespace protects the
expression before callign eval -- this is needed since eval does not.
Best,
luke
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