--- Spencer Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Gary Wong: > > Are you trying to defeat the GNU License? If so, > why not make it > available as an S-Plus library? There, you don't > have to provide the > source; binary files will suffice. > > spencer graves > > bogdan romocea wrote: > > > There's something else you could try - since you > can't hide the code, > > obfuscate it. Hide the real thing in a large pile > of useless, > > complicated, awfully formatted code that would > stop anyone except the > > most desperate (including yourself, after a couple > of weeks/months) > > from trying to understand it. The best solution > would be to compile > > the code, but R is not there yet. > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Prof Brian Ripley > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 5:35 AM > >>To: Gary Wong > >>Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > >>Subject: Re: [R] How to hiding code for a package > >> > >> > >>What you ask is impossible. For a function to be > callable it > >>has to be > >>locatable and hence can be printed. > >> > >>One possibility is to have a namespace, and > something like > >> > >>foo <- function(...) foo_internal(...) > >> > >>where foo is exported but foo_internal is not. > Then foo_internal is > >>hidden from casual inspection, but it can be > listed by cognescenti. > >> > >>Why do you want to do this? Anyhone can read the > source code of your > >>package, and any function which can be called can > be > >>deparsed, possibly > >>after jumping through a few hoops. > >> > >>On Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Gary Wong wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hey everyone, > >>> > >>>I have made a package and wish to release it but > >>>before then I have a problem. I have a few > functions > >>>in this package written in R that I wish to hide > such > >>>that after installation, someone can use say the > >>>function >foo(parameters = "") but cannot do > >foo. > >>>Typing foo should not show the source code or at > least > >>>not all of it. Is there a way to do this ? I have > >>>searched the mailing list and used google, and > have > >>>found something like "[R] Hiding internal package > >>>functions for the doc. pkg-internal.Rd" but this > seems > >>>different since it seems that the keyword > internal > >>>just hides the function from showing in the index > and > >>>hides documentation, not the function itself. Can > >>>someone help? Thanks > >> > >>-- > >>Brian D. Ripley, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Professor of Applied Statistics, > http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > >>University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 > 272861 (self) > >>1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 > 272866 (PA) > >>Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 > 272595 > >> > >>______________________________________________ > >>R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > >>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >>PLEASE do read the posting guide! > >>http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > -- > Spencer Graves, PhD > Senior Development Engineer > PDF Solutions, Inc. > 333 West San Carlos Street Suite 700 > San Jose, CA 95110, USA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.pdf.com <http://www.pdf.com> > Tel: 408-938-4420 > Fax: 408-280-7915 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html