On 1/16/2013 11:40 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >> >> \S 1.6.1 of the manual says regarding importFrom(): >> Using |foo:::f| instead of |foo::f| allows access to unexported objects. >> This is generally not recommended, as the semantics of unexported >> objects may be changed by the package author in routine maintenance. >> >> Questions: >> 1. Why doesn't this work? > > I think you misread the manual. It is talking about ways to access > functions other than by using importFrom. You can use car:::df.terms > in your functions. Thanks for the clarification, but I blame the manual. Could I suggest a change in the manual to make this clearer:
Using |foo:::f| directly in a function instead of |foo::f| allows access to unexported objects (rather than in importsFrom()). ... -- Michael Friendly Email: friendly AT yorku DOT ca Professor, Psychology Dept. & Chair, Quantitative Methods York University Voice: 416 736-2100 x66249 Fax: 416 736-5814 4700 Keele Street Web: http://www.datavis.ca Toronto, ONT M3J 1P3 CANADA [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
