On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 16:21 +0200, Martin Maechler wrote: > >>>>> "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.
Yes indeed Martin. I will acknowledge that I was not aware of it and reviewing the *NEWS files, see that it was added by Prof. Ripley back in R version 0.63, which was released in November of 1998. I wonder if it would make sense to add a comment about it to the Posting Guide under "Surprising behavior and bugs". I have cc'd Tony here for his comment as well. Best regards, Marc ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
