On 06/05/2019 12:16 p.m., Jim Hester wrote:
For what it's worth, the recommendation to use `tempfile()` is very
confusing to R users.
Often users (particularly new users) jump directly to examples when
reading documentation and when you have these more complicated
examples they do not realize th
I agree that setwd(), tempdir(), etc. clutter up examples. At the
same time, I respect the CRAN policy - it's conservative approach has
helped us avoid a wild-west working environment. One approach that
might help bring some standardization, instead of each package
developer rolls their own, and a
I find the idea of using setwd in examples disturbing, because I try to avoid
using setwd at all as a way to delegate my choice of working directory to the
operating system actions taken when starting R. In other words, I recommend to
beginners that they start R in their working directory and l
On 07.05.2019 19:57, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 06/05/2019 12:16 p.m., Jim Hester wrote:
For what it's worth, the recommendation to use `tempfile()` is very
confusing to R users.
Often users (particularly new users) jump directly to examples when
reading documentation and when you have these m
On 07/05/2019 6:44 p.m., Uwe Ligges wrote:
On 07.05.2019 19:57, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 06/05/2019 12:16 p.m., Jim Hester wrote:
For what it's worth, the recommendation to use `tempfile()` is very
confusing to R users.
Often users (particularly new users) jump directly to examples when
read
