{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/1266","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/1266/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/1266/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/1266/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/1266","id":100856361,"number":1266,"title":"Direct use of merge.data.table() does work per documentation","user":{"login":"nkurz","id":122253,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/122253?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/nkurz","html_url":"https://github.com/nkurz","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nkurz/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nkurz/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nkurz/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nkurz/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nkurz/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nkurz/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nkurz/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nkurz/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nkurz/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-08-13T20:02:08Z","updated_at":"2015-08-13T20:02:08Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I'm not sure if the export behavior or the documentation is at fault, but 1.9.4 and 1.9.5 do not currently match the documentation.\r\n\r\n?merge.data.table\r\n#  You don't need to use the full name of the method although you may if you wish; \r\n#  i.e., merge(DT1,DT2)  is idiomatic R but you can bypass method dispatch by going\r\n#  direct if you wish: merge.data.table(DT1,DT2).\"\r\n\r\nDT1 = data.table(i=seq(10), v=rnorm(10), key=\"i\")\r\nDT2 = data.table(i=seq(10), v=rnorm(10), key=\"i\")\r\ndispatch = merge(DT1, DT2)  # works as expected\r\ndirect = merge.data.table(DT1, DT2) # does not work\r\n# Error: could not find function \"merge.data.table\"\r\n"}}