R devel - Aug 2014 - Preferred way to include internal data in package?

Hi,

I?m developing a package and would like to include some data sets for internal
use only, e.g. configuration parameters for functions.  What is the preferred
way of doing this?  If I put them in data/, then R CMD check asks me to document
them but I?d prefer it if they floated beneath the surface, without the users
awareness.

Many thanks,
James

> I?m developing a package and would like to include some data sets for
internal use only, e.g. configuration parameters for functions.  What is the
preferred way of doing this?  If I put them in data/, then R CMD check asks me
to document them but I?d prefer it if they floated beneath the surface, without
the users awareness.
Perhaps in sysdata.rda. See "Writing R Extensions".

Keirstead, James E <j.keirstead <at> imperial.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I?m developing a package and would like to include some data sets for 
> internal use only, e.g.
> configuration parameters for functions.  What is the preferred way of 
> doing this?  If I put them in data/,
> then R CMD check asks me to document them but I?d prefer it if they 
> floated beneath the surface, without
> the users awareness.
>From WRE Section 1.1.6 Data in packages:
[The data subdirectory] should not be used for other data files needed by 
the package, and the convention has grown up to use directory inst/extdata 
for such files.

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So, put them in inst/extdata. 

HTH,

Chuck