R/alias_generator.R

In fixest: Fast Fixed-Effects Estimations

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# Author: Laurent Berge
# Date creation: Fri Jul 02 11:58:49 2021
# ~: Generate aliases
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# The problem with aliased functions is that when the main-function changes its
# arguments, then we also need to make the changes in the aliased ones, we usually need to
# make those changes by hand, incurring substantial maintenance costs and highly susceptible to errors
#
# It is much safer to generate aliased functions automatically
# This cuts the maintenance costs to almost 0 and avoids any mistake
#



create_aliases = function(){
  # This function is triggered only at loading time
  # BUT ONLY FOR ME, THE DEVELOPPER!!!!!
  # The function knows it's "me" with the system environment variable fixest_ROOT

  if(!isTRUE(renvir_get("fixest_ROOT"))) return(NULL)
  # we check we're in the right directory (otherwise there can be prblms with Rmakdown)
  if(!isTRUE(file.exists("./R/alias_VCOV.R"))) return(NULL)

  gen_etable_aliases()
  gen_iplot()
  gen_vcov_aliases()

}