On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Roger Levy wrote:
> Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Roger Levy wrote:
>>
>>> I am developing a package and I want to be able to load an updated version
>>> of the package from within an active R session. Suppose,
>>> for example, I have a function f within a package X. In my active
>>> R session, I have already loaded X. Then I change the R source
>>> code of f within X and rebuild the package as a .tar.gz file on the
>>> command line with
>>>
>>> R CMD build X
>>>
>>> Within my R session, is there a way to reload X such that the
>>> updated definition of f will be used? I have tried:
>>>
>>>> detach("package:X") install.packages("X.tar.gz", repos=NULL,
>>>> type="source") library(X)
>>>
>>> but this seems to use the old version of f. Any suggestions would
>>> be much appreciated!
>>
>> It does work for some packages but not in general. If the package
>> has a namespace, you need to unload that, e.g.
>>
>> unloadNamespace("X")
>>
>> before library(X) (and that will detach X as well).
>
> Ah, I see -- I was under the mistaken impression that detaching the
> package would also get rid of the namespace. In my particular case,
> using unloadNamespace() did the trick properly.
>
>> Note too that many (most?) packages with DLLs do not unload the DLL
>> when their namespace is unloaded (or they are detached), in which
>> case you can end up with the new R code and the old compiled code
>
> In my case I am developing on OS X so there are no DLLs, but this is a
> good proviso to know. Does the same proviso apply to shared objects in Unix
> and OS X?
There are DLLs -- it is a generic term for 'dynamic library object', the
things library.dynam handles. (That Mac OS uses 'dynamic library' for a
different sort of object postdates this usage.)
>
> Best & many thanks.
>
> Roger
>
>> So without more details or the example asked for in the footer it is
>> hard to be explicit about what needs to be done.
>
>
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>
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>
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