On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Andy Liaw wrote:
> Rui Dantas wrote:
>
> > I have a package with several R functions. Some are internal auxiliary
> > functions, and should not be available to the user (nor do they, for
> > example, need "user" documentation). How can I hide them?
>
> That's one of the purpos
The old way was to define the internal functions inside the
functions that used them. Nowadays it's better to use a
namespace. `R CMD check' will only check code/docs for exported
functions so non-exported/internal functions don't need to have a
help file.
-roger
Rui Dantas wrote:
Dear all,
Rui Dantas wrote:
Dear all,
Sorry if this is obvious, but I couldn't find the answer in any place I
looked.
I have a package with several R functions. Some are internal auxiliary
functions, and should not be available to the user (nor do they, for
example, need "user" documentation). How can I hid
That's one of the purposes of the namespace. See Prof. Tierney's article in
the R Newsletter, or the slides of his keynote lecture at the useR! 2004
conference. It's also explained in the `Writing R Extensions' manual.
Basically you only export functions that the users should see. The manual
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