Deprecated {base}R Documentation

Marking Objects as Deprecated

Description

When an object is about removed from R it is first deprecated and should include a call to .Deprecated.

Usage

.Deprecated(new, package=NULL)

Arguments

new character string: A suggestion for a replacement function.
package character string: The package to be used when suggesting where the deprecated function might be listed.

Details

.Deprecated("<new name>") is called from deprecated functions. The original help page for these functions is often available at help("oldName-deprecated") (note the quotes). Functions should be listed in help("pkg-deprecated") for an appropriate pkg, including base.

See Also

Defunct

base-deprecated and so on which list the deprecated functions in the packages.


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