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\name{codoc}
\alias{codoc}
\alias{codocClasses}
\alias{codocData}
\alias{print.codoc}
\alias{print.codocClasses}
\alias{print.codocData}
\title{Check Code/Documentation Consistency}
\usage{
codoc(package, dir, lib.loc = NULL,
      use.values = NULL, use.positions = TRUE,
      ignore.generic.functions = FALSE,
      verbose = getOption("verbose"))
codocClasses(package, lib.loc = NULL)
codocData(package, lib.loc = NULL)
}
\description{
  Find inconsistencies between actual and documented \dQuote{structure}
  of \R objects in a package.  \code{codoc} compares names and
  optionally also corresponding positions and default values of the
  arguments of functions.  \code{codocClasses} and \code{codocData}
  compare slot names of S4 classes and variable names of data sets,
  respectively.
}
\arguments{
  \item{package}{a character string naming an installed package.}
  \item{dir}{a character string specifying the path to a package's root
    source directory.  This must contain the subdirectories \file{man}
    with \R documentation sources (in Rd format) and \file{R} with \R
    code.  Only used if \code{package} is not given.}
  \item{lib.loc}{a character vector of directory names of \R libraries,
    or \code{NULL}.  The default value of \code{NULL} corresponds to all
    libraries currently known.  The specified library trees are used to
    to search for \code{package}.}
  \item{use.positions}{a logical indicating whether to use the positions
    of function arguments when comparing.  \emph{Deprecated}.}
  \item{use.values}{if \code{FALSE}, do not use function default values
    when comparing code and docs.  Otherwise, compare \emph{all} default
    values if \code{TRUE}, and only the ones documented in the usage
    otherwise (default).}
  \item{ignore.generic.functions}{if \code{TRUE}, functions recognized
    as S3 generics are ignored.  \emph{Deprecated}.}
  \item{verbose}{a logical.  If \code{TRUE}, additional diagnostics are
    printed.}
}
\note{
  The default for \code{use.values} has been changed from
  \code{FALSE} to \code{NULL}, for \R versions 1.9.0 and later.
}
\details{
  The purpose of \code{codoc} is to check whether the documented usage
  of function objects agrees with their formal arguments as defined in
  the \R code.  This is not always straightforward, in particular as the
  usage information for methods to generic functions often employs the
  name of the generic rather than the method.

  The following algorithm is used.  If an installed package is used, it
  is loaded (unless it is the base package), after possibly detaching an
  already loaded version of the package.  Otherwise, if the sources are
  used, the \R code files of the package are collected and sourced in a
  new environment.  Then, the usage sections of the Rd files are
  extracted and parsed \dQuote{as much as possible} to give the formals
  documented.  For interpreted functions in the code environment, the
  formals are compared between code and documentation according to the
  values of the arguments \code{use.positions} and \code{use.values}.
  Synopsis sections are used if present; their occurrence is reported if
  \code{verbose} is true.

  Currently, the R documentation format has no high-level markup for the
  basic \dQuote{structure} of classes and data sets (similar to the
  usage sections for function synopses).  Variable names for data frames
  in documentation objects obtained by suitably editing \dQuote{shells}
  created by \code{\link{prompt}} are recognized by \code{codocData} and
  used provided that the documentation object is for a single data frame
  (i.e., only has one alias).  \code{codocClasses} analogously handles
  slot names for classes in documentation objects obtained by editing
  shells created by \code{\link[methods]{promptClass}}.
}
\value{
  \code{codoc} returns an object of class \code{"codoc"}.  Currently,
  this is a list which, for each Rd object in the package where an
  inconsistency was found, contains an element with a list of the
  mismatches (which in turn are lists with elements \code{code} and
  \code{docs}, giving the corresponding arguments obtained from the
  function's code and documented usage).

  \code{codocClasses} and \code{codocData} return objects of class
  \code{"codocClasses"} and \code{"codocData"}, respectively, with a
  structure similar to class \code{"codoc"}.

  There are \code{print} methods for nicely displaying the information
  contained in such objects.
}
\seealso{
  \code{\link{undoc}}
}
\section{Warning}{
  Both \code{codocClasses} and \code{codocData} are still experimental.
  Names, interfaces and values might change in future versions.
}
\keyword{documentation}