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I've got a package with a data object (.rda) that was originally created by another package and seems to have a reference to its original namespace.

The man page for load() explains:

Objects can be saved with references to namespaces, usually as part of the environment of a function or formula. As from R 3.1.0 such objects can be loaded even if the namespace is not available: it is replaced by a reference to the global environment with a warning. The warning identifies the first object with such a reference (but there may be more than one).

I need to remove this reference, as it is causing warnings to be thrown during package checks. I've tried just loading and re-saving the object but don't see how to modify the namespace. Any suggestions?

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The object is a 'network'. I haven't figured out another example, but should be able to reproduce the same example:

install.packages('ndtv')
library(ndtv)
loadedNamespaces()
[1] "animation"      "base"           "datasets"       "graphics"      
[5] "grDevices"      "methods"        "ndtv"           "network"       
[9] "networkDynamic" "sna"            "statnet.common" "stats"         
[13] "tools"          "utils"
data(msm.sim)
loadedNamespaces()
[1] "animation"      "base"           "datasets"       "ergm"          
[5] "graphics"       "grDevices"      "methods"        "ndtv"          
[9] "network"        "networkDynamic" "sna"            "statnet.common"
[13] "stats"          "tools"          "utils"

notice the addition of the 'ergm' namespace

skyebend
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  • Can you create // provide a reproducible example? – mnel Jul 15 '13 at 23:09
  • What is the class of the object ? – Karl Forner Jul 16 '13 at 08:23
  • the object is a 'network'. I haven't figured out another example, but should be able to reproduce the same example: install.packages('ndtv') library(ndtv) namespacesLoaded() data(msm.sim) namespacesLoaded() notice the addition of the 'ergm' namespace – skyebend Jul 16 '13 at 21:29
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17374680/can-i-load-an-rdata-file-while-bypassing-loading-the-namespaces – GSee Jul 16 '13 at 22:56

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I think I've resolved this by creating a new network object, and copying each of the named elements of the msm.sim object over to the new object, then re-saving the new object over the old one. Perhaps the namespace attachment was triggered by a function attached to msm.sim when it was generated by the ergm package so I don't see it when calling edit() on the object? There must be a better way. I still think that if name-space triggering elements can be attached to an object, there should be function to list what they are and where they are attached.

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