packageR -- Import R scripts as a package

Description

This package provides a mechanism to import R scripts as a package, in other words, with namespace.

Installation

First, install namespace package used in packageR.

$ Rscript -e 'install.packages("namespace")'

Then, clone the repository and install the package.

$ git clone git@github.com:abicky/packageR.git
$ R CMD INSTALL packageR

Usage

import(files, as)

See also ?import

You have to call export function to export the variables in the specified scripts like below:

f <- function() print("function f")
export(f)

Examples

files <- system.file("examples", c("public.R", "private.R"), package = "packageR")
import(files, "foo")
# exported function
foo::f()
# unexported function
foo:::.f()
unloadNamespace("foo")