#x27;ll leave well enough
alone.
Many thanks for helping me learn about this.
Geoff
PS Apologies if I have sent too much to the list about this topic - if so
let me know (gently please), so I can be better behaved in the future.
-Original Message-
From: Geoff Lee [mailto:geoff.le...@gm
n Chambers [mailto:j...@r-project.org]
Sent: Saturday, 14 March 2015 8:11 AM
To: Geoff Lee
Cc: r-devel@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Understanding why "no metadata object found ... not
exported?" warnings from the methods package exist, and what they mean
On looking more closely, the purpose
Hi
I am seeking to understand why the methods package (to be specific
`methods:::.findOrCopyClass` when called by `setIs` when called by
`setClass`) emits a warning message such as
` class "SpatialLinesNULL" is defined (with package slot 'rgeos') but no
metadata object found to revise subcl
This is an enquiry not so much about what the code for loadNamespace does,
but
rather about the intent and design of loadNamespace, and how it interacts
with
the `::` function, which seems to me to follow a slightly different
philosophy.
It is not an urgent question - the issue that started me w
system.
Hoping this makes sense, and helps someone else later on down the track
Geoff
PS Along the way I had a problem with devtools and roxygen2 - it was my
error! I had a typo - a backtick ` when I should have had a single quote '
in a roxygen2 comment :-(
-Original Mes
in of the journey, so I'll keep going)
-Original Message-
From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2014 9:21 PM
To: Geoff Lee; r-devel@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Problem understanding behaviour of versionCheck for
loadNamespace (and when vers
sage-
From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2014 12:09 PM
To: Geoff Lee; r-devel@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Problem understanding behaviour of versionCheck for
loadNamespace (and when versions for Imports packages are checked)
On 26/11/2014, 7:
, 27 November 2014 10:57 AM
To: Geoff Lee; r-devel@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Problem understanding behaviour of versionCheck for
loadNamespace (and when versions for Imports packages are checked)
Summary: I think you've found a bug.
On 26/11/2014, 5:39 PM, Geoff Lee wrote:
> Hi
Hi
I'm still exploring the R programming universe, so if this is being asked in
the wrong place, or in the wrong way (e.g. too verbose or lacking in crucial
detail or in the wrong format) please let me know
I am trying to understand when the version constraints for packages which
appear in
