[Rd] [R] reinforce library to re-load

Doran, Harold HDoran at air.org
Tue Jul 3 21:35:11 CEST 2007


I think you want to use detach() 

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> Subject: [R] reinforce library to re-load
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am wondering if there is a parameter in library() so that 
> it can reinforce package to be reloaded. It helps when you 
> test your modified package by yourself. Otherwise, my way is 
> to re-start Rgui.
> 
> (by reading ?library, I understand this option is not 
> implemented) "...Both functions check and update the list of 
> currently loaded packages and do not reload a package which 
> is already loaded.
> (Furthermore, if the package has a name space and a name 
> space of that name is already loaded, they work from the 
> existing names space rather than reloading from the file system.)"
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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> Weiwei Shi, Ph.D
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