Re: [Rd] creating a long list puts R in a state where many things stop working

2016-11-15 Thread Kevin Ushey
For reference, running your code in a build of R-devel with sanitizers: > x <- vector(mode="list", length=3e9) memory.c:2747:27: runtime error: signed integer overflow: 2147483647 + 1 cannot be represented in type 'R_len_t' (aka 'int') SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: undefined-behavior memory.c:2747:27

Re: [Rd] ifelse() woes ... can we agree on a ifelse2() ?

2016-11-15 Thread Gabriel Becker
All, Martin: Thanks for this and all the other things you are doing to both drive R forward and engage more with the community about things like this. Apologies for missing this discussion the first time it came around and if anything here has already been brought up, but I wonder what exactly yo

Re: [Rd] getGraphicsEvent() alternative for cairo graphics device?

2016-11-15 Thread Paul Murrell
Hi That sounds good - somewhere public like that would be best. Thanks! Paul On 16/11/16 00:13, Mark O'Connell wrote: Hi Paul, No problem. Is it best if I post examples to the bug report 16951? Kind regards, Mark -- Mark O'Connell, PhD student Department of Mathematics & Statistics 231 To

Re: [Rd] getGraphicsEvent() alternative for cairo graphics device?

2016-11-15 Thread Mark O'Connell
Hi Paul, No problem. Is it best if I post examples to the bug report 16951? Kind regards, Mark -- Mark O'Connell, PhD student Department of Mathematics & Statistics 231 Top Logic National University of Ireland, Maynooth - Paul Murrell wrote: > > Thanks Frederick. > > Mark, if you have a

Re: [Rd] ifelse() woes ... can we agree on a ifelse2() ?

2016-11-15 Thread Martin Maechler
Finally getting back to this : > Hadley Wickham > on Mon, 15 Aug 2016 07:51:35 -0500 writes: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Hadley Wickham > wrote: >>> >> One possibility would also be to consider a >>> "numbers-only" or >> rather "same type"-only {e.g., >>>

Re: [Rd] Missing objects using dump.frames for post-mortem debugging of crashed batch jobs. Bug or gap in documentation?

2016-11-15 Thread Martin Maechler
> nospam@altfeld-im de > on Tue, 15 Nov 2016 01:15:46 +0100 writes: > Martin, thanks for the good news and sorry for wasting your (and others > time) by not doing my homework and query bugzilla first (lesson learned! > ). > > I have tested the new implementation from R-devel and obse