From dmitri.popavenko at gmail.com  Thu Apr  7 22:22:57 2016
From: dmitri.popavenko at gmail.com (Dmitri Popavenko)
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 23:22:57 +0300
Subject: [Rd] (no) circular dependency
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Hi Thierry,

Thanks for that, the trouble is functions are package specific so moving
from one package to another could be a solution, but I would rather save
that as a last resort.

As mentioned, creating a package C with all the common functions could also
be an option, but this strategy quickly inflates the number of packages on
CRAN. If no other option is possible, that could be the way but I was still
thinking about a more direct solution if possible.

Best,
Dmitri

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Thierry Onkelinx <thierry.onkelinx at inbo.be>
wrote:

> Dear Dmitri,
>
> If it's only a small number of functions then move them the relevant
> functions for A to B so that B works without A. Then Import these functions
> from B in A. Hence A depends on B but B is independent of A.
>
> It is requires to move a lot of functions than you better create a package
> C with all the common functions. Then A and B import those functions from C.
>
> Best regards,
>
> ir. Thierry Onkelinx
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> 2016-04-06 8:42 GMT+02:00 Dmitri Popavenko <dmitri.popavenko at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I would like to build two packages (say A and B), for two different
>> purposes.
>> Each of them need one or two functions from the other, which leads to the
>> problem of circular dependency.
>>
>> Is there a way for package A to import a function from package B, and
>> package B to import a function from package A, without arriving to
>> circular
>> dependency?
>> Other suggestions in the archive mention building a third package that
>> both
>> A and B should depend on, but this seems less attractive.
>>
>> I read about importFrom() into the NAMESPACE file, but I don't know how to
>> relate this with the information in the DESCRIPTION file (other than
>> adding
>> each package to the Depends: field).
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Dmitri
>>
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