Re: [R] conflict within packages

2008-02-12 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 12/02/2008 4:33 PM, Elizabeth Purdom wrote: > Hi, > My problem is more that the packages use the function internally, so > they get the wrong function. Should that not be happening? The package authors should use a NAMESPACE file to avoid exactly this problem. You could contact the maintaine

Re: [R] conflict within packages

2008-02-12 Thread Elizabeth Purdom
Hi, My problem is more that the packages use the function internally, so they get the wrong function. Should that not be happening? Best, Elizabeth jim holtman wrote: > you can use: > > package::getNames() > > to reference the one that you want. > > On Feb 12, 2008 3:45 PM, Elizabeth Purdom <

Re: [R] conflict within packages

2008-02-12 Thread jim holtman
you can use: package::getNames() to reference the one that you want. On Feb 12, 2008 3:45 PM, Elizabeth Purdom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to use two contributed packages, both of which have a > function 'getNames'. So if I load them both they obviously conflict. > Currently

[R] conflict within packages

2008-02-12 Thread Elizabeth Purdom
Hi, I am trying to use two contributed packages, both of which have a function 'getNames'. So if I load them both they obviously conflict. Currently I manually detach one package and then reload the other to be able to use one function right after another. Is there anything else I can do? Best,