The delay that I observe is when I type ctrl+C after I str() a long list. Since str() comes from the core R installation, maybe it should be improved?
> R can or cannot response immediately depending on the underlying C sources. > If the underlying source code is written carefully enough, there are more or > less regular checks for events such as this one. > If you are using some contributed package, it may be an issue in this > package's source code. > > Best wishes, > Uwe Ligges > > > > > Peng Yu wrote: >> >> Occasionally, I start a command (taking long time to finish) that I >> did not really want to start. I type 'ctrl+C' to try to quit the >> execution. However, R does not quit the execution of the command >> immediately. I'm wondering if R could response to ctrl+C immediately. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> 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. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.
