Thank you for informing us. Jim was a remarkably patient helper of many lost R analysts. His efforts will be missed.
On October 4, 2023 3:36:50 PM PDT, Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hello, >I am very sad to let you know that my husband Jim died on 18th September. I >apologise for not letting you know earlier but I had trouble finding the >password for his phone. >Kind regards, >Juel > >On Fri, 29 Sep 2023, 01:48 Shu Fai Cheung <shufai.che...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> There is a thread about the use of save(), load(), saveRDS(), and >> loadRDS(). It led me to think about a question regarding them. >> >> In my personal work, I prefer using saveRDS() and loadRDS() as I don't like >> the risk of overwriting anything in the global environment. I also like the >> freedom to name an object when reading it from a file. >> >> However, for teaching, I have to teach save() and load() because, in my >> discipline, it is common for researchers to share their datasets on the >> internet using the format saved by save(), and so students need to know how >> to use load() and what will happen when using it. Actually, I can't recall >> encountering datasets shared by the .rds format. I have been wondering why >> save() was usually used in that case. >> >> That discussion led me to read the help pages again and I noticed the >> following warning, from the help page of saveRDS(): >> >> "Files produced by saveRDS (or serialize to a file connection) are not >> suitable as an interchange format between machines, for example to download >> from a website. The files produced by save >> <http://127.0.0.1:18888/library/base/help/save> have a header identifying >> the file type and so are better protected against erroneous use." >> >> When will the problem mentioned in the warning occur? That is, when will a >> file saved by saveRDS() not be read correctly? Saved in Linux and then read >> in Windows? Is it possible to create a reproducible error? >> >> Regards, >> Shu Fai >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
