lintr style code check for Bioconductor

[nturaga]

Implement a BiocLint() function which takes in an .R file(s) and returns lines in the code which need to be improved.

lintr: https://github.com/jimhester/lintr#project-configuration

Goal: Create a new .lintr file (lintr configuration file)

[LiNk-NY]

Here is a starter .lintr configuration file

linters: with_defaults(
    assignment_linter,
    absolute_paths_linter,
    no_tab_linter,
    camel_case_linter = NULL,
    snake_case_linter,
    closed_curly_linter = NULL,
    commented_code_linter = NULL,
    open_curly_linter = NULL,
    line_length_linter(80),
    multiple_dots_linter,
    single_quotes_linter = NULL,
    spaces_left_parentheses_linter,
    trailing_whitespace_linter
  )

[lcolladotor]

Hi,

Sorry, I'm new to lintr (I've seen the name here and there before, haven't dived into it). When I first quickly looked at it, it seemed to me that BiocCheck was already doing something similar.

If so, is the idea to have BiocCheck rely on lintr for all the formatting checks?

If so, it might be good to have an example .R file that fails the formatting checks to test this on as well as see if any auto-formatting tools like in #57 help resolve these issues or most of them.

Best,
Leo