>>>>> "Marc" == Marc Schwartz (via MN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:38:53 -0500 writes:
Marc> Sachin, I don't have a definitive thought, but some
Marc> possibilities might be a conflict somewhere in your
Marc> environment with a local function or with one in the
Marc> searchpath.
Marc> Use ls() to review the current objects in your
Marc> environment to see if something looks suspicious. It
Marc> did not look like 'outliers' is using a namespace, so
Marc> a conflict of some nature is a little more possible
Marc> here.
Marc> Also use searchpaths() to get a feel for where R is
Marc> searching for the function. See what is getting
Marc> searched "above" the outliers package in the search
Marc> order, which might provide a clue.
Marc> Also, try to start R from the command line using 'R
Marc> --vanilla', which should give you a clean working
Marc> environment. Then use library(outliers) and your code
Marc> below to see if the same behavior is present. If so,
Marc> perhaps there was a corruption in the package
Marc> installation. If not, it would support some type of
Marc> conflict or perhaps a corruption in your default
Marc> working environment.
Another possibility -- the one I use first in such circumstances --
is
conflicts()
a good ol' function that seems not be as known as it maybe
should.
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
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