base-deprecated {base} | R Documentation |
These functions are provided for compatibility with older versions of R only, and may be defunct as soon as the next release.
loadURL(url, envir = parent.frame(), quiet = TRUE, ...) delay(x, env = .GlobalEnv)
url |
a character string naming a URL. |
envir |
the environment where the data should be loaded. |
quiet, ... |
additional arguments to
download.file . |
x |
an expression |
env |
an evaluation environment |
The original help page for these functions is often
available at help("oldName-deprecated")
(note the quotes).
Functions in packages other than the base package are listed in
help("pkg-deprecated")
.
loadURL
has been superseded by load(url())
. Note
the comments on that help page: Windows users will need to use
mode="wb"
.
delay
has been replaced by delayedAssign
.
As from R 2.1.0 promises should never be visible unevaluated.