quantmod (version 0.4-5)

create.binding: Create DDB Bindings

Description

Internal function used in attachSymbols to create active bindings for symbols defined in a DDB object.

Usage

create.binding(s, lsym, rsym, gsrc, mem.cache = TRUE, file.cache = !mem.cache, cache.dir = tempdir(), envir,...)

Arguments

s

symbol name

lsym

function to convert to local name (legal R name)

rsym

function to convert to remote name (source name)

gsrc

corresponds to 'src' arg in getSymbols call

mem.cache

cache to memory

file.cache

cache to disk

cache.dir

directory to cache to/from

envir

environment name (character)

...

arguments to pass to getSymbols call

Value

Called for its side effect of creating active bindings to symbols.

Details

Low level function to create bindings during initial demand-database construction.

References

Mark, Roger, ?