>>>>> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:23:11 +0100 (BST), >>>>> Prof Brian Ripley (PBR) wrote:
> I have changed the default in save() to compress = !ascii. This seems > quite safe, as almost always save() is called explicitly and people will > appreciate that it might take a little time to save large objects (and > depending on your system, compression could even be faster). Very good idea. > Should we also change the default in save.image()? That is almost always > used implicitly, via q(), a menu .... There are arguments that it is a > more serious change so should not be done at the end of the release cycle, > and also that large .RData files are something people would want to avoid. > BTW, the defaults can be changed via options() (see ?save): has anyone > ever found that useful? Yes, I and many people I know have options(save.defaults=list(compress=TRUE)) in our settings, and I'd like to keep the option version such that I am independent from whatever the function defaults are. >>>>> Liaw, Andy wrote: > - I always use save(..., compress=TRUE), without exception. > - The only time I'd use save.image() is when I need to break a remote > connection on short notice. > - I have not used options() to set the default simply because I have not > figured out how exactly to do it. From what I remember, the doc simply says > it can be done, but does not explicitly say how. Umm, there is an explicit example in help(save), I have added a pointer from the main text of the help page. Best, Fritz ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
