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2023 Jan 09
1
Shouldn't "Loading" be "Attaching" when referring to library() calls?
...ely before
running library():
"Loading required package: %s"
https://github.com/r-devel/r-svn/blob/4198a2941b702d965bb2374c2b908f48c369f40a/src/library/base/R/library.R#L967-L968
https://github.com/r-devel/r-svn/blob/4198a2941b702d965bb2374c2b908f48c369f40a/src/library/base/R/library.R#L684-L685
Shouldn't "Loading" be "Attaching" instead?
My understanding is "a package is loaded" is equivalent to
"isNamespaceLoaded()", i.e., loadNamespace() was run. And that "a
package is attached" is equivalent to "pkg %in% .packages()"...
2023 Jan 10
1
Shouldn't "Loading" be "Attaching" when referring to library() calls?
...):
> "Loading required package: %s"
> https://github.com/r-devel/r-svn/blob/4198a2941b702d965bb2374c2b908f48c369f40a/src/library/base/R/library.R#L967-L968
> https://github.com/r-devel/r-svn/blob/4198a2941b702d965bb2374c2b908f48c369f40a/src/library/base/R/library.R#L684-L685
> Shouldn't "Loading" be "Attaching" instead?
Good question... I had asked myself as well a couple of times.
The vagueness is mostly "historical" in the sense that
originally R (nor S) had namespaces.
OTOH, attach(.) has always worked for data fram...