library and require have new args in 3.6 giving additional control over conflicts. This seems very useful but I was wondering if there were some, preferabley simple, way to give existing loaded packages priority without knowing the actual conflicts in advance. For example library(dplyr, exclude = c("filter", "lag")) works to avoid masking those names in stats that would otherwise be masked by that package but I had to know in advance that filter and lag were the conflicting names. -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com
You could use the `pos` arg to place the newly loaded package(s) on the search path after the stats package. That would give priority for any functions in the stats package over the newly loaded package (but also give priority for any other packages earlier on the search path). On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 6:25 AM Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:> > library and require have new args in 3.6 giving additional control > over conflicts. This seems very useful but I was wondering if there > were some, preferabley simple, way to give existing loaded packages > priority without knowing the actual conflicts in advance. For example > > library(dplyr, exclude = c("filter", "lag")) > > works to avoid masking those names in stats that would otherwise be > masked by that package but I had to know in advance that filter and > lag were the conflicting names. > > -- > Statistics & Software Consulting > GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. > tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP > email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. 538280 at gmail.com
Goold idea. This seems to work. library(dplyr, pos = grep("package:stats", search()) + 1) On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 1:27 PM Greg Snow <538280 at gmail.com> wrote:> > You could use the `pos` arg to place the newly loaded package(s) on > the search path after the stats package. That would give priority for > any functions in the stats package over the newly loaded package (but > also give priority for any other packages earlier on the search path). > > On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 6:25 AM Gabor Grothendieck > <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > library and require have new args in 3.6 giving additional control > > over conflicts. This seems very useful but I was wondering if there > > were some, preferabley simple, way to give existing loaded packages > > priority without knowing the actual conflicts in advance. For example > > > > library(dplyr, exclude = c("filter", "lag")) > > > > works to avoid masking those names in stats that would otherwise be > > masked by that package but I had to know in advance that filter and > > lag were the conflicting names. > > > > -- > > Statistics & Software Consulting > > GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. > > tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP > > email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > -- > Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. > 538280 at gmail.com-- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com