Large packages sometimes mask each other's functions and that creates a headache, especially for teaching code, since function signatures may depend on which order packages were loaded in. One of my students proposed using the idiom
<function> <- <package>::<function> ... in a preamble, when we use just a small subset of functions from a larger package. I like that idea and can't see obvious disadvantages(1). Are there subtle risks to that approach? Thanks! Boris (1) I think there could be an issue when packages that are loaded later depend on and extend a function that has has been made local. But I'm not even sure what happens then, and it may be more of a hypothetical anyway - can't even think of a situation with which to test it off the top of my head. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
