Defunct                 package:base                 R Documentation

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'.

See Also:

     'Deprecated'.

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

