[R] Package name

Thu Jan 31 22:51:15 CET 2013

On 31.01.2013 14:12, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 13-01-31 1:26 AM, Ortiz, John wrote:
>>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> Can I use a character to set the name of a R package? like this (-)
>>
>> for example (sdp-R)
>
> I can't quite parse your question, but I think the answer is in the
> Writing R Extensions manual, section 1.1 "Package Structure".

Right, and "-" is not allowed (but used as a version number separator).

It took me 10 seconds to find out by creating a package "a-b" that does 
not R CMD build with a proper error message - reading the docs would 
also result in the same finding, but takes a minute or two.

Uwe Ligges

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