R-WinEdt, [R] 1.8, deprecating warning

[Uwe Ligges]

Jason.L.Higbee at stls.frb.org wrote:

> When I load R-WinEdt (>library(RWinEdt), I get the warning:
> 
> Warning message: 
> multi-argument returns are deprecated in: return(InstallRoot, 
> RWinEdtInstalled) 
> 
> I have upgraded to R 1. 8 on Windows, by copying non-base libraries into 
> the 1.8 library folder and updating the help.
> I also reinstalled R-WinEdt from the zip file as detailed in RWinEdt 
> ReadMe file using the recommend (A) installation and still get the same 
> warning.
> I have a few questions:
> 
> 1) Should I be concerned about this warning? 


> 1a) What is deprecating?

See ?Deprecated:
"These functions are provided for compatibility with older versions of R 
only, and may be defunct as soon as of the next release."


> 2) Is there a way fix it so that the warning message is fixed and RWinEdt 
> loads properly?

Yes: Use the recent version of R-WinEdt in package RWinEdt_1.5-1.zip


> 2a) I read the help file on the return function which mentions, "Prior to 
> R 1.8.0, 'value' could be a series of non-empty 
> expressions separated by commas"  Would the fix be to find the part of 
> some code that is executing (whatever and where ever that might be)  when 
> the editor loads and change it to some thing like ">return(InstallRoot); 
> return(RWinEdtInstalled)"?

No, the fix is to change it to
   return(list(InstallRoot = InstallRoot,
     RWinEdtInstalled = WinEdtInstalled))
which already has been done for the recent version.


Uwe Ligges


> 
> Thanks for you comments and assistance,
> 
> Jason Higbee
> Research Analyst
> Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
> E: jason.l.higbee at stls.frg.org
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