[Rd] strange warning: data() error?

[peter dalgaard]

> On 17 Apr 2018, at 01:08 , David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
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> Hypothesis:   datasets in a ..library/data/Rdata.rds file whose listing does not match the name of the dataset from which it is derived will cause the behavior in question.

Yes, because data() originally goes looking for a file with a matching name, then loads/reads/executes it depending on file extension. However, some files can generate objects with a different name - or several such objects. Turning LazyData on doesn't change the semantics of data() (by design, I guess).

So survival's source "data" directory has cgd.Rda with cgd and cgd0, but no cgd0.Rda, this is reflected in the "datalist" file in the installed package:

data pd$ more datalist 
bladder: bladder bladder1 bladder2
cancer
cgd: cgd cgd0
colon
flchain
genfan
heart: heart jasa jasa1

 
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