Set option before pkg is loaded

[majr-red]

The package I'm writing tests for reads local config files during .onLoad(), but this behaviour needs to be skipped during testing (config can be also be done explicitly after loading).

I thought to make it conditional on an option read during .onLoad(), (details here) but I can't see a way to make testthat set the option in the test env before the package is loaded.

Would it be possible to enable options to be set in the test env before loading, or is there a better way to skip such behaviour during testing?

[hadley]

One possible solution would be instead of doing the work onLoad, do it lazily the first time it's needed.

[majr-red]

Thanks. I hadn't considered doing it lazily, and I think that could work.