Given that both trigger a NOTE, is there a reason to favor the assign solution over just using <<-?
Dan . -------------------------- Dan Zigmond d...@shmonk.com On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 2:46 PM Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 4:36 PM Ben Bolker <bbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Is there a reason that this slightly more explicit version wouldn't > work? > > > > pali_string_fix <- function() { > > assign("pali_alphabet", > stringi::stri_unescape_unicode(pali_alphabet), > > .GlobalEnv) > > } > > > Using assign will also cause R CMD check to throw a NOTE that you will > need to explain upon pkg submission to CRAN. > > > > > On 9/3/20 5:25 PM, Dan Zigmond wrote: > > > Thanks, Gabor. I want these to be easily available to package users > though > > > – that's why they are in the package. So I would rather not "hide" > them in > > > a local environment. This is fundamentally a data package, so access to > > > this data is the primary point of installing it. > > > > > > Is there any other solution? > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > . > > > -------------------------- > > > Dan Zigmond > > > d...@shmonk.com > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 1:40 PM Gábor Csárdi <csardi.ga...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> Store the cached data in an environment within the package: > > >> > > >> pali_data <- new.env(parent = emptyenv()) > > >> > > >> pali_string_fix <- function() { > > >> pali_data$alphabet <- > > >> stringi::stri_unescape_unicode(pali_alphabet) > > >> ... > > >> } > > >> > > >> Gabor > > >> > > >> On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 9:33 PM Dan Zigmond <d...@shmonk.com> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Hi, all. I am developing a package that includes some global > variables. > > >>> Because these are non-ASCII, I have escaped them. But then because > these > > >>> are difficult to read, I want to provide an easy way for users to > > >> unescape > > >>> all of them up front. Thus I have code like to create and save the > data > > >> in > > >>> global variables in one file: > > >>> > > >>> pali_vowels <- > > >>> c("a", "\u0101", "i", "\u012b", "u", "\u016b", "e", "o") > > >>> pali_consonants <- > > >>> c("k", "kh", "g", "gh", "\u1e45", > > >>> "c", "ch", "j", "jh", "\u00f1", > > >>> "\u1e6d", "\u1e6dh", "\u1e0d", "\u1e0dh", "\u1e47", > > >>> "t", "th", "d", "dh", "n", > > >>> "p", "ph", "b", "bh", "m", > > >>> "y", "r", "l", "v", "s", "h", "\u1e37", "\u1e43") > > >>> pali_alphabet <-c(pali_vowels, pali_consonants) > > >>> use_data(pali_alphabet, overwrite = TRUE) > > >>> > > >>> and then I try to export a function like this in another file: > > >>> > > >>> pali_string_fix <- function() { > > >>> pali_alphabet <<- > > >>> stringi::stri_unescape_unicode(pali_alphabet) > > >>> # Several more of these... > > >>> } > > >>> > > >>> The idea is that users can run pali_string_fix() once when they load > the > > >>> package and then they won't need to deal with all the Unicode escape > > >>> sequences after that. > > >>> > > >>> However, this is getting rejected by the CRAN checks with the > message: > > >>> > > >>> * checking R code for possible problems ... [4s] NOTE > > >>> pali_string_fix: no visible binding for '<<-' assignment to > > >>> 'pali_alphabet' > > >>> > > >>> I'm guessing this is because the data and the function are defined in > > >>> different files, so even though those globals are defined by my > package, > > >>> that isn't obvious when the check is run on this code. > > >>> > > >>> Does anyone have advice for how to fix this? > > >>> > > >>> Dan > > >>> > > >>> . > > >>> ------------------------- > > >>> Dan Zigmond > > >>> d...@shmonk.com > > >>> > > >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > >>> > > >>> ______________________________________________ > > >>> R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > > >> > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > > > > -- > Joshua Ulrich | about.me/joshuaulrich > FOSS Trading | www.fosstrading.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel