[R] save/load and package namespaces

Jeff Newmiller
Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:16:55 -0000

Stop being surprised. Loaded packages are not part of "envir"
(whatever that is), nor are they part of the global environment.  You have to
reload any packages needed separately from the load call.
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Jamie Olson <inspired2apathy at gmail.com> wrote:

>Could someone explain to me what namespaces are loaded/saved when
>objects
>are saved?
>
>Specifically, I'm using this:
> save(list = ls(all.names = TRUE, envir = envir), file = name, envir
>envir)
>to save out everything from an environment.
>
>Later, loading it on another machine, I'm surprised to see the load
>failing
>for being unable to load certain packages.  Could anyone help me
>understand
>why this happens?
>Jamie Olson
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