Feature Request: List approved packages and functions in yaml file

[thomas-neitmann]

Feature Idea

I really like the feature of logging use of Unapproved Packages and Functions. Rather than creating a list within R and saving it as a .rds file, though, I'd like to store this information in something like a yaml file, e.g.

base: "all"
dplyr: ["mutate", "filter", "summarize"]
ggplot2: "all"

Then you could have the option point to that yaml file instead. The existing functionality could stay as is. This would just be another option of specifying the same information.

Relevant Input

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Relevant Output

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Reproducible Example/Pseudo Code

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[thomas-neitmann]

As a side note, the keyword to specify that all functions from a package should be used should be something that is not a valid R function name. "All" is and is thus ambiguous. Function names cannot start with an underscore so how about "_all" instead?

[nicolekjones]

I'd be happy to work on implementing this feature!

[bms63]

@pharmaverse/logrx what do you all think?

[nicholas-masel]

I'd be happy to work on implementing this feature!

@nicolekjones We're all for it! Please do go ahead with this feature and throw in a PR. Our only request is the rds still functions as is and yaml is added as an additional feature for both read and write.

[nicolekjones]

I'd be happy to work on implementing this feature!

@nicolekjones We're all for it! Please do go ahead with this feature and throw in a PR. Our only request is the rds still functions as is and yaml is added as an additional feature for both read and write.

Will do! PR to come 😄