If ::: is disallowed then its likely that package developers will need to export more functions to satisfy the consumers of those otherwise hidden functions but if more functions are exported then there will be a greater likelihood of conflicts among packages.
The problem seems to be that there are potentially three sorts of functions here: 1. a function is hidden 2. a function is accessible via ::: but is not on the search path 3. a function is on the search path The problem arises in attempting to force fit these three concepts into only two categories either by removing the first category (as was done previously) or by removing the second category (which seems to be the new approach). ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
