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Maximum # of DLLs reached, or, how to clean up after yourself?

Alexander Shenkin 
Hi Henrik,

Thanks for your reply.  I didn't realize that floating DLLs were an 
issue (good to know).  My query is actually a bit more basic.  I'm 
actually wondering how folks manage their loading and unloading of 
packages when calling scripts within scripts.

Quick example:
Script1:
	library(package1)
	source("script2.r")
	# do stuff reliant on package1
	detach("package:package1", unload=TRUE)

Script2:
	library(package1)
	library(package2)
	# do stuff reliant on package1 and package2
	detach("package:package1", unload=TRUE)
	detach("package:package2", unload=TRUE)

Script2 breaks Script1 by unloading package1 (though unloading package2 
is ok).  I will have to test whether each package is loaded in Script2 
before loading it, and use that list when unloading at the end of the 
Script2.  *Unless there's a better way to do it* (which is my question - 
is there?).  I'm possibly just pushing the whole procedural scripting 
thing too far, but I also think that this likely isn't uncommon in R.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Allie
On 9/13/2016 7:23 PM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:

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Alexander Shenkin Maximum # of DLLs reached, or, how to clean up after yourself? Sep 13 Henrik Bengtsson Maximum # of DLLs reached, or, how to clean up after yourself? Sep 13 Alexander Shenkin Maximum # of DLLs reached, or, how to clean up after yourself? Sep 14 Jeff Newmiller Maximum # of DLLs reached, or, how to clean up after yourself? Sep 14 Henrik Bengtsson Maximum # of DLLs reached, or, how to clean up after yourself? Sep 14