On 28.01.2011 14:57, Nick Sabbe wrote:
Dear list, I've had this a few times now, and wonder if this is possible: I'm using a package, often for plotting something, but I want to tune the way the plotting goes, in a way that was not foreseen by the maker of the package. Now, most of the time, these kinds of R functions (say pkg::plot.something) call into other R functions (say pkg::plot.something.internal), and it is these that I want to tinker with. So, my question is: can I replace an R function in a package with a version of my own, without having to somehow rebuild the package? I don't just want a non-package bound copy of the function, I want to make sure that when I call pkg::plot.something, this works as before, but when, from within this function, pkg:: plot.something.internal is called, I want it to call _my_ version of it. Any takes?
For just doing it once: See ?fixInNamespace and ?assignInNamespace Other ideas: - Compile the package with changed functionality for your own. - Contribute to the existing package and add the features you like to see Uwe Ligges
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