On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, kjetil brinchmann halvorsen wrote: > On this theme, I have another question. I have a package > which needs another package (SuppDists) for only one > function. I do require() within that function only. Is that OK, > or should it be done within .First.lib ?
Yes, that's fine. I should have stressed *at the top level* below. In one scenario we have been experimenting with the objects in a package are dumped to a database, and then loading the package makes the objects available as promises and no longer executes the original package code. Another scenario is to install with --save. > > Another point: please do not call code with side effects like require, > > library or options at the top level in foo/R/foo, but do so within > > .First.lib. This becomes important if the code is dumped or put in a > > database. -- 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 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
