Is putting a variable into a list a deep copy (and is tracemem the correct way to confirm)?
warmstrong@krypton:~/dvl/R.packages$ R > x <- rnorm(1000) > tracemem(x) [1] "<0x3214c90>" > x.list <- list(x.in.list=x) tracemem[0x3214c90 -> 0x2af0a20]: > Is it possible to put a variable into a list without causing a deep copy (i.e. if you _really_ want the objects to share the same underlying memory)? -Whit ______________________________________________ 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.