Module description 

Parser for R package DESCRIPTION files (Debian Control File format).

The DCF format is simple:

• Lines of the form Field: Value introduce a new field
• Continuation lines start with whitespace and append to the current field
• Blank lines separate stanzas (DESCRIPTION files have exactly one stanza)
• # comments are NOT supported in DCF (unlike NAMESPACE)

Dependency fields (Depends, Imports, Suggests, LinkingTo) contain comma-separated package names with optional version constraints like Matrix (>= 1.2-0).

Structs

Dependency

A single dependency entry, e.g. Matrix (>= 1.2-0).

PackageDescription

A parsed R package DESCRIPTION file.

Enums

DescriptionError

Errors that can occur when parsing a DESCRIPTION file.

Functions

parse_dcf 🔒

Parse DCF (Debian Control File) format into a field map.

parse_dependency_list 🔒

Parse a comma-separated dependency list like R (>= 3.5.0), dplyr, Matrix (>= 1.2-0).

parse_single_dependency 🔒

Parse a single dependency entry like Matrix (>= 1.2-0) or just dplyr.