[Rd] as.list method for by Objects

2018-01-29 Thread Dario Strbenac
Good day, I'd like to suggest the addition of an as.list method for a by object that actually returns a list of class "list". This would make it safer to do type-checking, because is.list also returns TRUE for a data.frame variable and using class(result) == "list" is an alternative that only r

[Rd] help(pac=xxx) get data from CRAN?

2018-01-29 Thread Spencer Graves
Hello, All:   A feature request:   What about modifying the code for "help(pac=xxx)" so it looks for "xxx" on CRAN as well as locally:  If it finds it locally, it uses that version but with an annotation reporting what it found on CRAN: * If it doesn't find CRAN, it doesn't report

Re: [Rd] bug [methods]: double execution of `insertSource` within the same session does not work

2018-01-29 Thread Michael Lawrence
Thanks, I will fix this. On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 8:06 AM, Demetrio Rodriguez T. < demetrio.rodrigue...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > I hope this reaches someone at all. It's my first bug report to the R-core, > and, apparently, bugzilla is locked from new reports for now. > > I was us

[Rd] bug [methods]: double execution of `insertSource` within the same session does not work

2018-01-29 Thread Demetrio Rodriguez T.
Hello everyone, I hope this reaches someone at all. It's my first bug report to the R-core, and, apparently, bugzilla is locked from new reports for now. I was using `methods::insertSource` to debug and successfully fix another package, until it suddenly stopped working. I figured out, that it i

Re: [Rd] Searching R Packages

2018-01-29 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 29 January 2018 at 11:02, Mark van der Loo wrote: | I discover a lot of packages not by explicit search, but by running into | them. I find cranberries really helpful there, especially the twitter feed | (@CRANberries) and also r-bloggers, especially through Joseph Rickert's | monthly roundup o

Re: [Rd] Searching R Packages

2018-01-29 Thread Mark van der Loo
Dear Spencer, Nice initiative! I discover a lot of packages not by explicit search, but by running into them. I find cranberries really helpful there, especially the twitter feed (@CRANberries) and also r-bloggers, especially through Joseph Rickert's monthly roundup of new packages. And then of c