On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Sean Davis wrote: > I would like to edit a function from a package that uses a NAMESPACE, but in > place (after the package is loaded). As a simple example, I would like to > add a browser() call to a line in one of the functions for debugging > purposes. Since the function is in the package namespace, I can't do that > directly by simply making a copy of the function and editing it--that copy > doesn't get used. I tried assigning into the package environment, but it is > locked, it appears. How do I go about doing this without changing the > package source, then reinstalling and reloading?
See the section on debugging in `Writing R Extensions' (which has this exact example). Most easily by trace(), but you can also use fixInNamespace(). -- 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-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
