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Error when loading HPDD dataset

library(imf.data)
HPDD <- load_datasets("HPDD")

The code above returns the following error:

Error in x[, c("@value", "Description.#text")] : 
  incorrect number of dimensions

For some other datasets, like DOT or IFS, it works fine, however.

Can't use get_series in a function with variables for parameters

This code works without a problem

foo <- function() {
  dta_IFS <- imf.data::load_datasets("IFS")
  dta_IFS$get_series(freq = "Q", indicator = "BFDA_BP6_USD", ref_area = "US")  
}
foo()

but this code will throw an error

foo <- function() {
  dta_IFS <- imf.data::load_datasets("IFS")
  myindicator <- "BFDA_BP6_USD"
  dta_IFS$get_series(freq = "Q", indicator = myindicator, ref_area = "US")  
}
foo()
# Error in eval(as_list(match.call())) : object 'myindicator' not found

The problem seems to stem from the helper function here

template_get <- function(start_period = NULL, end_period = NULL){
  x <- eval(as_list(match.call()))
  return(get0(x, ID))
}

The eval() will use the function's environment to resolve the variables rather than the calling environment. If you change eval() to eval.parent() then both cases would work just fine.

This issue was first reported on Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.com/q/78108354/2372064