R: Lazy Loading of Packages

makeLazyLoading {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.

Note that as from R 2.14.0 this is done when all packages are installed.

### Author(s)

Luke Tierney and Brian Ripley

[Package tools version 2.15.2 Index]