makeLazyLoading            package:tools            R Documentation

Lazy Loading of Packages

Description:

     Tools for Lazy Loading of Packages from a Database.

Usage:

     makeLazyLoading(package, lib.loc = NULL, compress = TRUE,
                     keep.source = getOption("keep.source.pkgs"))

Arguments:

 package: package name string

 lib.loc: library trees, as in 'library'

keep.source: logical; should sources be kept when saving from source

compress: logical; whether to compress entries on the database.

Details:

     A tool to set up packages for lazy loading from a database.  For
     packages other than base you can use 'makeLazyLoading(package)' to
     convert them to use lazy loading.

Author(s):

     Luke Tierney and Brian Ripley

Examples:

       # set up package "splines" for lazy loading -- already done
       ## Not run: 
         tools:::makeLazyLoading("splines")
       
     ## End(Not run)

