From marc_schwartz at me.com  Wed Aug 28 18:29:28 2013
From: marc_schwartz at me.com (Marc Schwartz)
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:29:28 -0500
Subject: [Rd] =?windows-1252?q?=91=3A=3A=3A=92_call?=
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On Aug 28, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Paul Gilbert <pgilbert902 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a package (TSdbi) which provides end user functions that I export, and several utilities for plugin packages (e.g. TSMySQL) that I do not export because I do not intend them to be exposed to end users. I call these from the plugin packages using TSdbi:::  but that now produces a note in the checks:
> 
> * checking dependencies in R code ... NOTE
> Namespace imported from by a ?:::? call: ?TSdbi?
>  See the note in ?`:::` about the use of this operator. :: should be
>  used rather than ::: if the function is exported, and a package
>  almost never needs to use ::: for its own functions.
> 
> Is there a preferred method to accomplish this in a way that does not produce a note?
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul



Paul,

See this rather lengthy discussion that occurred within the past week:

  https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2013-August/067180.html

Regards,

Marc Schwartz



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Marc Schwartz