Question

My R package uses an internal variable x. If I load the package (I’ve only tried using devtools::load_all), then x doesn’t appear in the ls() list, but it does have a value. How can I avoid this?

I’m fine with the user being able to access the variable with myPackage::x, but not simply x.

Answer 1

The load_all function has an export_all argument.

From ?load_all

If TRUE (the default), export all objects. If FALSE, export only the objects that are listed as exports in the NAMESPACE file.

So, try using export_all=FALSE in your load_all call.