Usage of overlaps(), closest(), between(), and within() in join_by() triggers NOTE

[koenniem]

I'm using the new helpers overlaps(), closest(), between(), and within() in the join_by() function in my CRAN package. However, when I run R CMD CHECK, it generates the following NOTE:

no visible global function definition for 'closest'

Normally I would evade such a note by either importing the function into my package, prefixing the namespace, or using the .data$ pronoun. None of these are possible, as dplyr::overlaps() doesn't exist (see also #6838) , and the .data$ pronoun clearly shouldn't be used and also doesn't work.

One possible workaround is defining the helpers in globalVariables,but as Hadley noted this is a "hideous hack", and I'd prefer to avoid it if possible.

How can these helpers be used in join_by() without triggering a NOTE during CRAN checks?

[DavisVaughan]

The globalVariables() helper is fine to use here. We mention this here https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/articles/in-packages.html#join-helpers