Possible bugs to address

[gmbecker]

dump() error behavior for list = character() depends on output mode

'https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18729

help("drop") is wrong about names for vectors of length 1

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18727

Warn in library(include.only=) calls where that directive is ignored

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18703

print.data.frame does not respect na.print for missing column names nor for numeric (or logical ..) NA's

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18702

tools::toTitleCase() incorrectly capitalizes conjunctions (e.g. 'and') when using suspensive hyphenation

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18674

strwidth returns wrong value on first call from terminal

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18591

R_CHECK_DEPENDS_ONLY assumes that .Library doesn't contain third-party packages

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18584

merge's sort=FALSE argument still sort's by NA

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18464 (assess for closure?)

[gmbecker]

isGeneric is inconsistent about whether f is required when fdef is provided between base functions and others

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18369

'trace' only half-works for generated functions in packages

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18258 (probably just confirmation)

requireNamespace doesn't behave as expected when namespace is already loaded

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18255 (confirm current)

Any broken symlinks prevent R CMD build from running, even if .Rbuildignored.

https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18186

[HenrikBengtsson]

Thanks, do you mind pasting in the title so it's easier to get an overview without having to click through each one?

[bastistician]

Dynamic listing of problem reports that have not received any comments yet:
https://bugs.r-project.org/buglist.cgi?f1=longdescs.count&o1=equals&order=changeddate%20DESC&product=R&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&v1=1

[hturner]

Review 2024-10-30:

Patch submitted:

• dump() error behavior for list = character() depends on output mode
• Any broken symlinks prevent R CMD build from running, even if .Rbuildignored

Closed fixed:

• help("drop") is wrong about names for vectors of length 1
• tools::toTitleCase() incorrectly capitalizes conjunctions (e.g. 'and') when using suspensive hyphenation
• strwidth returns wrong value on first call from terminal

Next step needs to be clarified before selecting for dev day:

• print.data.frame does not respect na.print for missing column names nor for numeric (or logical ..) NA's

Needs response from R Core before selecting for dev day:

• R_CHECK_DEPENDS_ONLY assumes that .Library doesn't contain third-party packages - no response yet
• requireNamespace doesn't behave as expected when namespace is already loaded - patch outlined, need to check with @mmaechler if an up-to-date patch would be welcome.

Not an issue (for dev day):

• merge's sort=FALSE argument still sort's by NA (suggested on Bugzilla to close)
• 'trace' only half-works for generated functions in packages - maybe one for an office hour, could confirm behaviour but not sure there is a fix as just the way function environments work.

Separated out as new issue:

• Warn in library(include.only=) calls where that directive is ignored - Bug 18703: Add message to library() in library(include.only=) calls where that directive is redundant #48
• isGeneric is inconsistent about whether f is required when fdef is provided between base functions and others - Bug 18369: enable isGeneric() to work from function definition for functions in base #74