safe
Bioc currentSignificance Analysis of Function and Expression
Release Lineage
Entered 1.6 · May 18, 2005
Current · Requires R 4.6
Description
SAFE is a resampling-based method for testing functional categories in gene expression experiments. SAFE can be applied to 2-sample and multi-class comparisons, or simple linear regressions. Other experimental designs can also be accommodated through user-defined functions.
Test coverage
Line coverage
–
Expression
–
Tests / Examples
–
Functions
26 0 exported
Complexity
9.1 avg / 84 max
Call network
26 nodes / 7 edges
Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.
Call graph
Open call graph →Lowest coverage
Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.
Code
Structure
Lines of code
2,264
Files
44
Compiled share
0%
Has compiled src
No
Language breakdown
API
Exported functions
0
Internal functions
0
Testing & CI
Has tests
No
Test-to-code ratio
0.00
testthat edition
–
CI present
No
CI type
[]
PR gated
No
Docs
Roxygen coverage
–
Health & Security signals
Informational signals; not verdicts.
on.exit coverage
0%
Unsafe pattern score
0
Dep constraint coverage
0%
Secret pattern count
0
Bundled 3rd-party code
2 items
Portability & License
Min R version
2.4.0
System requirements
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C++ standard
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License
GPL (>= 2)
License flags
SPDX valid, OSI approved
History
Versions
43
First release
2005-05-19
Latest release
2026-05-01
Avg cadence
183 days
Cold removal rate
100%
Dep drift
12
LOC over versions
Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.
Topics
Depended on by (3)
Bioconductor (2)
CRAN (1)
People
Ludwig Geistlinger
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