R devel - Mar 2006 - How to set options() when a package without a name space is loaded?

Hi,

how do I set options() when loading a package *without* a name space? 
Is it possible?

I though this one was a common question, but I could not find it in
the FAQ, in the help nor in the r-help/r-devel archives.  Section
1.6.3 on "Load hooks" in "Writing R Extensions" says that
this should
be done using the .onLoad hook, but that does only apply to packages
name spaces, cf. ?.onLoad

Thanks

Henrik

Don't worry.  Sorry for that, I should of course know that it is in
.First.lib() as documented Section 1.1.4 on "Package subdirectories"
in "Writing R Extensions"; "A common use is to call
library.dynam()
inside .First.lib() to load compiled code: another use is to call
those functions with side effects".

The reason why it "didn't work" was that I mispelled the option in
.First.lib().  It's time for me to go home now ;)

Henrik


On 3/28/06, Henrik Bengtsson <hb at maths.lth.se>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how do I set options() when loading a package *without* a name space?
> Is it possible?
>
> I though this one was a common question, but I could not find it in
> the FAQ, in the help nor in the r-help/r-devel archives.  Section
> 1.6.3 on "Load hooks" in "Writing R Extensions" says
that this should
> be done using the .onLoad hook, but that does only apply to packages
> name spaces, cf. ?.onLoad
>
> Thanks
>
> Henrik
>

On 3/28/2006 10:18 AM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> how do I set options() when loading a package *without* a name space? 
> Is it possible?
Use .First.lib().  It is mentioned in the R-exts section you looked in 
below, but its purpose is not.

Duncan Murdoch
> 
> I though this one was a common question, but I could not find it in
> the FAQ, in the help nor in the r-help/r-devel archives.  Section
> 1.6.3 on "Load hooks" in "Writing R Extensions" says
that this should
> be done using the .onLoad hook, but that does only apply to packages
> name spaces, cf. ?.onLoad
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Henrik
> 
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BTW, sections in .texi manuals do not have numbers, so please use the 
node name.

You can use .First.lib.


On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how do I set options() when loading a package *without* a name space?
> Is it possible?
>
> I though this one was a common question, but I could not find it in
> the FAQ, in the help nor in the r-help/r-devel archives.  Section
> 1.6.3 on "Load hooks" in "Writing R Extensions" says
that this should
> be done using the .onLoad hook, but that does only apply to packages
> name spaces, cf. ?.onLoad
>
> Thanks
>
> Henrik
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
>
>
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