Witold E Wolski
2016-Dec-12 20:34 UTC
[Rd] accessing data by packagename::dataname from within package code fails.
I have narrowed down the problem.
The error
Error : 'AminoAcids' is not an exported object from
'namespace:bibliospec'
Error : unable to load R code in package 'bibliospec'
occurs only if I try to access the data using bibliospec::AminoAcids
within the initialize method of an R reference class.
It does work, as far as I tested everywhere else. In other methods of
a reference class as well as in free functions.
It also does not work in the initialization list to the initialize function.
So I also can't do something like
initialize = function(aminoAcids=bibliospec::AminoAcids){
I guess this is an R FEATURE.
But then where and how is the best practice to initialize class
members with default values?
Thank you.
On 12 December 2016 at 15:45, Witold E Wolski <wewolski at gmail.com>
wrote:> I am wrting a package called bibliospec.
> I have a dataset in data/AminoAcids.tsv and would like to be able to
> access it with
>
> bibliospec::AminoAcids
>
> from within my package code.
>
> R CMD build gives me the error:
> Error : 'AminoAcids' is not an exported object from
'namespace:bibliospec'
>
> I am able to access the data in package code with
> data(AminoAcids)
> AminoAcids
>
> but this will give me a NOTE with R CMD check
>
> Also, after loading the packagepackage I am able to access the data with
> bibliospec::AminoAcids
>
> But I can't access it from the package bibliospec code.
> So why can't I access bibliospec::AminoAcids from within package code?
>
> Help appreciated
>
> Witold
> --
> Witold Eryk Wolski
--
Witold Eryk Wolski
William Dunlap
2016-Dec-12 20:54 UTC
[Rd] [R-pkg-devel] accessing data by packagename::dataname from within package code fails.
You can define the data in the R directory. You can keep it all in a *.R file by wrapping the text of the *.csv file in quotes and using read.table(text="quoted stuff"), as in: theData <- read.csv(header=TRUE, text=" English,Digit One,1 Two,2 Three,3") N <- nrow(theData) You need to make sure 'theData' is defined before using it so put everything requiring it in one file or use the Collate: directive in the DESCRIPTION file. Bill Dunlap TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Witold E Wolski <wewolski at gmail.com> wrote:> I have narrowed down the problem. > The error > Error : 'AminoAcids' is not an exported object from 'namespace:bibliospec' > Error : unable to load R code in package 'bibliospec' > > occurs only if I try to access the data using bibliospec::AminoAcids > > within the initialize method of an R reference class. > It does work, as far as I tested everywhere else. In other methods of > a reference class as well as in free functions. > It also does not work in the initialization list to the initialize > function. > So I also can't do something like > initialize = function(aminoAcids=bibliospec::AminoAcids){ > > > I guess this is an R FEATURE. > > But then where and how is the best practice to initialize class > members with default values? > > Thank you. > > > > > > On 12 December 2016 at 15:45, Witold E Wolski <wewolski at gmail.com> wrote: > > I am wrting a package called bibliospec. > > I have a dataset in data/AminoAcids.tsv and would like to be able to > > access it with > > > > bibliospec::AminoAcids > > > > from within my package code. > > > > R CMD build gives me the error: > > Error : 'AminoAcids' is not an exported object from > 'namespace:bibliospec' > > > > I am able to access the data in package code with > > data(AminoAcids) > > AminoAcids > > > > but this will give me a NOTE with R CMD check > > > > Also, after loading the packagepackage I am able to access the data with > > bibliospec::AminoAcids > > > > But I can't access it from the package bibliospec code. > > So why can't I access bibliospec::AminoAcids from within package code? > > > > Help appreciated > > > > Witold > > -- > > Witold Eryk Wolski > > > > -- > Witold Eryk Wolski > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Gabriel Becker
2016-Dec-12 20:57 UTC
[Rd] accessing data by packagename::dataname from within package code fails.
Witold,
Are you using the sys data approach to actually put your data into your
package's namespace? From ?data (Good practices section)
Use of ?data? within a function without an ?envir? argument has
the almost always undesirable side-effect of putting an object in
the user's workspace (and indeed, of replacing any object of that
name already there). It would almost always be better to put the
object in the current evaluation environment by ?data(..., envir
environment())?. However, two alternatives are usually
preferable, both described in the ?Writing R Extensions? manual.
? For sets of data, set up a package to use lazy-loading of
data.
? For objects which are system data, for example lookup tables
used in calculations within the function, use a file
?R/sysdata.rda? in the package sources or create the objects
by R code at package installation time.
A sometimes important distinction is that the second approach
places objects in the namespace but the first does not. So if it
is important that the function sees ?mytable? as an object from
the package, it is system data and the second approach should be
used. In the unusual case that a package uses a lazy-loaded
dataset as a default argument to a function, that needs to be
specified by ?::?, e.g., ?survival::survexp.us?.
It does seem a bit strange that the :: works elsewhere but not in
initialize, but I don't have time to track that down atm.
Best,
~G
On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Witold E Wolski <wewolski at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I have narrowed down the problem.
> The error
> Error : 'AminoAcids' is not an exported object from
'namespace:bibliospec'
> Error : unable to load R code in package 'bibliospec'
>
> occurs only if I try to access the data using bibliospec::AminoAcids
>
> within the initialize method of an R reference class.
> It does work, as far as I tested everywhere else. In other methods of
> a reference class as well as in free functions.
> It also does not work in the initialization list to the initialize
> function.
> So I also can't do something like
> initialize = function(aminoAcids=bibliospec::AminoAcids){
>
>
> I guess this is an R FEATURE.
>
> But then where and how is the best practice to initialize class
> members with default values?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12 December 2016 at 15:45, Witold E Wolski <wewolski at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > I am wrting a package called bibliospec.
> > I have a dataset in data/AminoAcids.tsv and would like to be able to
> > access it with
> >
> > bibliospec::AminoAcids
> >
> > from within my package code.
> >
> > R CMD build gives me the error:
> > Error : 'AminoAcids' is not an exported object from
> 'namespace:bibliospec'
> >
> > I am able to access the data in package code with
> > data(AminoAcids)
> > AminoAcids
> >
> > but this will give me a NOTE with R CMD check
> >
> > Also, after loading the packagepackage I am able to access the data
with
> > bibliospec::AminoAcids
> >
> > But I can't access it from the package bibliospec code.
> > So why can't I access bibliospec::AminoAcids from within package
code?
> >
> > Help appreciated
> >
> > Witold
> > --
> > Witold Eryk Wolski
>
>
>
> --
> Witold Eryk Wolski
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
>
--
Gabriel Becker, PhD
Associate Scientist (Bioinformatics)
Genentech Research
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