From 5ac0642bdcb13bb04b76fb6eeb92d12404f90ae2 2014-08-11 00:36:58
From: Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com>
Date: 2014-08-11 00:36:58
Subject: [PATCH] Load rpy2.ipython for rmagic, print deprecation warning

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diff --git a/IPython/extensions/rmagic.py b/IPython/extensions/rmagic.py
index b20939f..a611994 100644
--- a/IPython/extensions/rmagic.py
+++ b/IPython/extensions/rmagic.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 from glob import glob
 from shutil import rmtree
+import warnings
 
 # numpy and rpy2 imports
 
@@ -689,6 +690,15 @@ __doc__ = __doc__.format(
 
 def load_ipython_extension(ip):
     """Load the extension in IPython."""
+    warnings.warn("The rmagic extension in IPython is deprecated in favour of "
+            "rpy2.ipython. If available, that will be loaded instead.")
+    try:
+        import rpy2.ipython
+    except ImportError:
+        pass  # Fall back to our own implementation for now
+    else:
+        return rpy2.ipython.load_ipython_extension(ip)
+
     ip.register_magics(RMagics)
     # Initialising rpy2 interferes with readline. Since, at this point, we've
     # probably just loaded rpy2, we reset the delimiters. See issue gh-2759.