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Package hooks linter

Source: R/package_hooks_linter.R
package_hooks_linter.Rd

Check various common "gotchas" in .onLoad(), .onAttach(), .Last.lib(), and .onDetach() namespace hooks that will cause R CMD check issues. See Writing R Extensions for details.

Usage

package_hooks_linter()

Details

  1. .onLoad() shouldn't call cat(), message(), print(), writeLines(), packageStartupMessage(), require(), library(), or installed.packages().

  2. .onAttach() shouldn't call cat(), message(), print(), writeLines(), library.dynam(), require(), library(), or installed.packages().

  3. .Last.lib() and .onDetach() shouldn't call library.dynam.unload().

  4. .onLoad() and .onAttach() should take two arguments, with names matching ^lib and ^pkg; .Last.lib() and .onDetach() should take one argument with name matching ^lib.

See also

linters for a complete list of linters available in lintr.

Tags

correctness, package_development, style