vfunc

1.0

Manipulate Virtual Functions

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1.7Kdownloads / year

94.7%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Robin K. S. HankinFirst published 2025-07-281 releasesCRAN page ↗

If f <- function(x){x^2} and g <- function(x){x+1} it is a constant source of annoyance that "f+g" is not defined. Package 'vfunc' allows you to do this, and we have (f+g)(2) returning 5. The other arithmetic operators are similarly implemented. A wide class of coding bugs is eliminated.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("vfunc", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-vfunc

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-vfunc

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-vfunc

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 1.3 min · r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 1.43

94.7%

Coverage · measured lines

97%

Documentation · exports

Dependencies · direct

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OK2026-03-10
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Documentation

READMEYes · 626 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

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Dependencies

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4 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 4.2.0

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Robin K. S. Hankin

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Authors (1)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Author, Maintainer

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Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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2026-03-10 · current release
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2025-07-28
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: GPL-2 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.2.0
Download size: 134 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
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