there is no namespace in my package, so the 'unload' arg seemed irrelevant (i tried it without success anyway); but there is a dll in my package (i should have said that this is on Windoze).
-----Original Message----- From: Tony Plate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 7:15 PM To: Harte, Thomas P Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] unload & reload a (new version of a) package See ?detach, in particular the 'unload' argument and "Details" (issues involve namespaces & methods, among other things). Also, note that if the package loaded any compiled code (DLL's in Windows), some OS's do not support unloading & reloading these. -- Tony Plate Harte, Thomas P wrote: > i'm putting the final touches on a package that i'm developing and i > noticed that if i detach the package, and then re-build & re-install > it (using R > CMD) > then I can't get the newer version of the package to load in the > existing R session (i have to close it out and start a new session, > then the newer version of the package is loaded). > > looking through the source of 'detach' i see : > > .Call("R_lazyLoadDBflush", paste(libpath, "/R/", pkgname, > ".rdb", sep = ""), PACKAGE = "base") > > is there some absolute way similar to the above to flush the package > db > and ensure that a newer version of the package can be loaded into the > existing R session? detach calls .Last.lib and seems to go through the > motions of purging the loaded package; why, then, is the package still > lurking around in the existing R session? > > it's not a big deal; it's only a minor pain having to re-start an R > session. i'm more interesting in why this is happening. > > cheers, > > thomas. > ******************************************************************************************** This message, including any attachments, contains confid...{{dropped:14}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
