R CMD build does not seems to complain about an alias for the same object in two different .Rd files. Should that be allowed? I don't see when it would be legitimate. (And I didn't intend to do this and would have expected for a warning.) Paul Gilbert -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
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4 messages · Brian Ripley, Paul Gilbert
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Paul Gilbert wrote:
R CMD build does not seems to complain about an alias for the same object in two different .Rd files. Should that be allowed? I don't see when it would be legitimate. (And I didn't intend to do this and would have expected for a warning.)
If you mean in the same package, just installing will object. (As with survreg.old in survival5, Thomas.) If in different packages, no ban!
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R CMD build does not seems to complain about an alias for the same object in two different .Rd files. Should that be allowed? I don't see when it would be legitimate. (And I didn't intend to do this and would have expected for a warning.)
If you mean in the same package, just installing will object. (As with survreg.old in survival5, Thomas.)
Ok, thanks. I was just revising documentation and running R CMD build, not re-installing. I see now that install gives a warning.
If in different packages, no ban!
Is this considered a problem or are there situations were it really makes sense (other than to perpetuate the problem of name space conflicts)? Paul Gilbert -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Paul Gilbert wrote:
R CMD build does not seems to complain about an alias for the same object in two different .Rd files. Should that be allowed? I don't see when it would be legitimate. (And I didn't intend to do this and would have expected for a warning.)
If you mean in the same package, just installing will object. (As with survreg.old in survival5, Thomas.)
Ok, thanks. I was just revising documentation and running R CMD build, not re-installing. I see now that install gives a warning.
Before the final build, we expect you to have 1) INSTALL-ed successfully 2) run R CMD check 3) run Rd2dvi on the man directory and I guess this should be in the R-exts manual.
If in different packages, no ban!
Is this considered a problem or are there situations were it really makes sense (other than to perpetuate the problem of name space conflicts)?
Well, once upon a time package ts had enhanced versions of some of the functions in base, with enhanced docs too, and on S MASS has enhanced versions of functions in base and survival5, with enhanced docs.
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