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v0.3.3 · Apr 3, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE
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Description

The ellipsis is a powerful tool for extending functions. Unfortunately this power comes at a cost: misspelled arguments will be silently ignored. The ellipsis package provides a collection of functions to catch problems and alert the user.

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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 13, 2026
WARNING 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 9, 2026
WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

PDF version of manual

LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
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OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 12, 2026
NOTE 12 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 9, 2026
NOTE r-release-linux-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-release-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'ellipsis/libs/x64/ellipsis.dll':
  Found non-API calls to R: 'PRVALUE', 'Rf_findVarInFrame3'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
WARNING 3 OK · 10 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 16, 2026
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’
This entry point may be removed soon:
‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-macos-arm64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'ellipsis/libs/x64/ellipsis.dll':
  Found non-API calls to R: 'PRVALUE', 'Rf_findVarInFrame3'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-patched-linux-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-release-linux-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-release-macos-arm64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-release-macos-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-release-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'ellipsis/libs/x64/ellipsis.dll':
  Found non-API calls to R: 'PRVALUE', 'Rf_findVarInFrame3'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE 3 OK · 11 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-macos-arm64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'ellipsis/libs/x64/ellipsis.dll':
  Found non-API calls to R: 'PRVALUE', 'Rf_findVarInFrame3'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-patched-linux-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-release-linux-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-release-macos-arm64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-release-macos-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘ellipsis/libs/ellipsis.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘PRVALUE’, ‘Rf_findVarInFrame3’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-release-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'ellipsis/libs/x64/ellipsis.dll':
  Found non-API calls to R: 'PRVALUE', 'Rf_findVarInFrame3'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

362

Files

20

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 120 (33.1%)Tests 73 (20.2%)Docs 169 (46.7%)

API

Exported functions

4

Internal functions

2

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.61

testthat edition

–

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Return-value doc rate

0%

\dontrun example ratio

0%

Roxygen coverage

100%

Has pkgdown

No

NEWS present

Yes

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

100%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.2

System requirements

–

C++ standard

–

License

MIT + file LICENSE

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

9

First release

2018-08-31

Latest release

2026-04-04

Avg cadence

126 days

Cold removal rate

–

Dep drift

1

LOC over versions

v0.0.1: 241 LOCv0.0.2: 244 LOCv0.1.0: 330 LOCv0.2.0: 538 LOCv0.2.0.1: 538 LOCv0.3.0: 573 LOCv0.3.1: 595 LOCv0.3.2: 630 LOCv0.3.3: 362 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.

Reverse Dependencies (16)

imports

EDOIF GaussSuppression Racmacs SmallCountRounding beaver cliff cuda.ml devtools discretes distplyr dreamer mase quid r3js stickyr

suggests

pguIMP

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies rlang EDOIF GaussSuppression Racmacs SmallCountRounding beaver cliff cuda.ml devtools discretes distplyr dreamer mase quid r3js stickyr +1 more reverse deps ellipsis

Version History

10 tracked
updated 0.3.3 ← 0.3.2 diff Apr 3, 2026
new 0.3.2 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.3.2 ← 0.3.1 diff Apr 28, 2021
updated 0.3.1 ← 0.3.0 diff May 14, 2020
updated 0.3.0 ← 0.2.0.1 diff Sep 19, 2019
updated 0.2.0.1 ← 0.2.0 diff Jul 1, 2019
updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.0 diff Jun 19, 2019
updated 0.1.0 ← 0.0.2 diff Feb 18, 2019
updated 0.0.2 ← 0.0.1 diff Jan 8, 2019
new 0.0.1 Aug 30, 2018