Suggestions:
(1) Work in a different directory (so that you will have a different ---
initially
empty) .RData file.
(2) Or: Clean up the .Rdata file in the directory that you are
currently using;
rm(list=ls()) does this for you. Every so slightly dangerous! :-)
(3) Possibly: Before doing (2), save stuff that you actually *want*,
e.g. via
save(mung,gorp,clyde,irving,melvin,file="savedStuff.rda")
Then you can recover mung, gorp, etc. via
load("savedStuff.rda")
cheers,
Rolf Turner
On 08/11/12 13:11, Martin J Reed wrote:
Hi,
I have a problem with a package I have developed in that functions do not get
loaded due to older versions of the functions being in the .GlobalEnv’ fetched
from .Rdata files stored from previous saved workspaces. I need to be able to
fix this somehow when I load the package. I do not want to mess up the search
order to fix the problem.
How I got myself into this mess is that I started developing using a bunch of R
files and a dynamic library and then loaded these from an R function rather
than a package. This is great when developing as it allows quick reloading.
After doing this for about a year now I have (unknowingly) populated all my
favourite working directories with .Rdata files that contain various versions
of my functions. And I shared this collection of code, with its flakey loading
mechanism, with PhD students and colleagues who have used it and nicely
populated their working directories with it as well….
So now I have learnt how to turn it into a package as it is in a more stable state. But
when I load it of course the .GlobalEnv with the definition from old saved .Rdata files
is first in the search order. I say "of course" but tt has taken me a while to
find this out. At first I thought I was going mad as the old functions seemed to
magically turn up even though I had updated the package and checked that the new versions
of the functions were the only ones in the system (or so I thought)…
My question is: how can I force a package to overwrite the "old" definitions in
the .GlobalEnv. If it cannot be done automatically it could be a user triggered function.
While developing I still want newer versions of functions to take precedence in the
.GlobalEnv over the package versions. i.e. I do not want the package to be earlier in the
search order than .GlobalEnv (if this is even possible), I just want to be able to delete
the old definitions. I do not want to delete the .Rdata files as there is useful state in
them...
Any help getting me out of this mess would be appreciated!
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