> On 17 Apr 2018, at 01:08 , David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Hypothesis: datasets in a ..library/data/Rdata.rds file whose listing does > not match the name of the dataset from which it is derived will cause the > behavior in question.
Yes, because data() originally goes looking for a file with a matching name, then loads/reads/executes it depending on file extension. However, some files can generate objects with a different name - or several such objects. Turning LazyData on doesn't change the semantics of data() (by design, I guess). So survival's source "data" directory has cgd.Rda with cgd and cgd0, but no cgd0.Rda, this is reflected in the "datalist" file in the installed package: data pd$ more datalist bladder: bladder bladder1 bladder2 cancer cgd: cgd cgd0 colon flchain genfan heart: heart jasa jasa1 -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
