This is an alternative mechanism for importing objects from
packages. The syntax allows for importing multiple objects from a package
with a single command in an expressive way. The import package bridges
some of the gap between using library (or require) and direct
(single-object) imports. Furthermore the imported objects are not placed in
the current environment (although possible), but in a named entry in the
search path.
Details
This package is not intended for use with library. It is named to make
calls like import::from(pkg, fun1, fun2) expressive. Using the import
functions complements the standard use of library(pkg)(when most objects
are needed, and context is clear) and obj <- pkg::obj (when only a single
object is needed).