base (version 3.3)

Defunct: Marking Objects as Defunct

Description

When a function is removed from R it should be replaced by a function which calls .Defunct.

Usage

.Defunct(new, package = NULL, msg)

Arguments

new

character string: A suggestion for a replacement function.

package

character string: The package to be used when suggesting where the defunct function might be listed.

msg

character string: A message to be printed, if missing a default message is used.

Details

.Defunct is called from defunct functions. Functions should be listed in help("pkg-defunct") for an appropriate pkg, including base (with the alias added to the respective Rd file).

See Also

Deprecated.

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