Re: [Rd] operator :: and symbols not in the namespace of a package with a namespace

2006-10-11 Thread Seth Falcon
Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The reason was (and is) that if datasets are in the namespace, functions > in the namespace find them ahead of a dataset of the same name in the > user's workspace. That this is desirable seems to be where opinions differ. The Bioconductor proje

Re: [Rd] operator :: and symbols not in the namespace of a package with a namespace

2006-10-09 Thread Luke Tierney
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Luke Tierney wrote: > >> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >> >>> On 10/6/2006 9:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Full_Name: Thomas Friedrichsmeier Version: 2.4.0 OS: GNU/Linux Submission from: (NULL) (8

Re: [Rd] operator :: and symbols not in the namespace of a package with a namespace

2006-10-09 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Luke Tierney wrote: > On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > >> On 10/6/2006 9:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Full_Name: Thomas Friedrichsmeier >>> Version: 2.4.0 >>> OS: GNU/Linux >>> Submission from: (NULL) (84.61.116.51) >>> >>> >>> Since R 2.4.0, operator "::" als

Re: [Rd] operator :: and symbols not in the namespace of a package with a namespace (PR#9279)

2006-10-06 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 10/6/2006 10:44 AM, Luke Tierney wrote: > On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > >> On 10/6/2006 9:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Full_Name: Thomas Friedrichsmeier >>> Version: 2.4.0 >>> OS: GNU/Linux >>> Submission from: (NULL) (84.61.116.51) >>> >>> >>> Since R 2.4.0, operator "::"

Re: [Rd] operator :: and symbols not in the namespace of a package with a namespace (PR#9279)

2006-10-06 Thread Luke Tierney
On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 10/6/2006 9:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Full_Name: Thomas Friedrichsmeier >> Version: 2.4.0 >> OS: GNU/Linux >> Submission from: (NULL) (84.61.116.51) >> >> >> Since R 2.4.0, operator "::" also returns objects in the package >> environment, if

Re: [Rd] operator :: and symbols not in the namespace of a package with a namespace (PR#9279)

2006-10-06 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 10/6/2006 9:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Full_Name: Thomas Friedrichsmeier > Version: 2.4.0 > OS: GNU/Linux > Submission from: (NULL) (84.61.116.51) > > > Since R 2.4.0, operator "::" also returns objects in the package environment, > if > the package does not have a namespace. This is a

[Rd] operator :: and symbols not in the namespace of a package with a namespace (PR#9279)

2006-10-06 Thread thomas . friedrichsmeier
Full_Name: Thomas Friedrichsmeier Version: 2.4.0 OS: GNU/Linux Submission from: (NULL) (84.61.116.51) Since R 2.4.0, operator "::" also returns objects in the package environment, if the package does not have a namespace. This is a very welcome addition. Additional wish: If a package has a names