On 13-12-30 2:01 PM, Axel Urbiz wrote:
Thanks for your kind response Duncan. To be more specific, I'm using the
function mvrnorm from MASS. The issue is that MASS depends on survival
and I have a function in my package named tt() which conflicts with a
function in survival of the same name. I can think of 2 alternatives
solutions to my problem, but I'm to an expert:
1) Copy mvrnorm into my package, which I thought was not a good idea
2) Rename my tt() function to something else in my package, but this is
painful as I have it all over the place in other functions.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
I would simply import MASS::mvrnorm in your NAMESPACE file. Then the tt
function in survival won't be visible in your package and won't become
visible to users because of you, so most users won't be affected by the
conflict. (In fact, I think MASS only "Suggests" survival, so even if
you attach MASS, you won't automatically attach survival.)
Of course, some users may attach both your package and the survival
package, and then the name clash will inconvenience them. If your
package is new, I'd choose a different name for tt() to avoid this. If
you have already published it using the name tt(), then renaming it will
possibly inconvenience more people than dealing with the name clash
does, so I'd just document it in the ?tt help page.
Duncan Murdoch
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