Hi I would like to use namespaces outside packages, but I could not find any references on how to do it (only a thread [1] which says "use a package"). Using a package is not possible in my case, as I am passing variables from org-mode / emacs to R and would like to avoid name clashes. This is a dynamic process, and each time the code is evaluated, the variable can be different. I am putting them at the moment into an environment which is locked, but I would like to avoid name clashes, so the idea of using environments. So: is there a way to create a namespace and populate it as I can do with an environment? Thanks, Rainer Footnotes: [1] http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/create-namespace-without-creating-a-package-td3485968.html -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de PGP: 0x0F52F982 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 494 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/attachments/20140328/23cb2d6a/attachment.bin>
On 28/03/2014, 7:01 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote:> Hi > > I would like to use namespaces outside packages, but I could not find > any references on how to do it (only a thread [1] which says "use a > package"). Using a package is not possible in my case, as I am passing > variables from org-mode / emacs to R and would like to avoid name > clashes. This is a dynamic process, and each time the code is evaluated, > the variable can be different. > > I am putting them at the moment into an environment which is locked, but > I would like to avoid name clashes, so the idea of using environments. > > So: is there a way to create a namespace and populate it as I can do > with an environment?I don't know what you think is the difference between a namespace and an environment. I would say a namespace is one of the environments associated with a package, i.e. it's just an environment in a particular context. So depending on what you are trying to accomplish, it may be fine to just set up an environment. Why do you think that won't work? Duncan Murdoch