| autoload {base} | R Documentation |
On-demand Loading of Packages
Description
autoload creates a promise-to-evaluateautoloader andstores it with namename in.AutoloadEnv environment.WhenR attempts to evaluatename,autoloader is run,the package is loaded andname is re-evaluated in the newpackage's environment. The result is thatR behaves as ifpackage was loaded but it does not occupy memory.
.Autoloaded contains the names of the packages forwhich autoloading has been promised.
Usage
autoload(name, package, reset = FALSE, ...)autoloader(name, package, ...).AutoloadEnv.AutoloadedArguments
name | string giving the name of an object. |
package | string giving the name of a package containing the object. |
reset | logical: for internal use by |
... | other arguments to |
Value
This function is invoked for its side-effect. It has no return value.
See Also
Examples
require(stats)autoload("interpSpline", "splines")search()ls("Autoloads").Autoloadedx <- sort(stats::rnorm(12))y <- x^2is <- interpSpline(x, y)search() ## now has splinesdetach("package:splines")search()is2 <- interpSpline(x, y+x)search() ## and againdetach("package:splines")[Packagebase version 4.6.0Index]