Re: [Rd] [R] data.frame() size

2005-12-12 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Hin-Tak Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > > Data frames have unique row names *by definition* (White Book p.57). > > Yes - I happened to have the White Book on my desk (not mine...) > - indeed, the first sentence on page 57 is (quote verbatim, the > "never" is in ital

Re: [Rd] [R] data.frame() size

2005-12-12 Thread Hin-Tak Leung
Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > Data frames have unique row names *by definition* (White Book p.57). Yes - I happened to have the White Book on my desk (not mine...) - indeed, the first sentence on page 57 is (quote verbatim, the "never" is in italic in the book, which I have added the "*" before and

Re: [Rd] [R] data.frame() size

2005-12-12 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
t;transform.data.frame" "unique.data.frame" "unstack.data.frame""xpdrows.data.frame" But I think the changes would be quick to make. Is anything else effected? Do any test suites exist to confirm R hasn't broken? On the face of it allowin

Re: [Rd] [R] data.frame() size

2005-12-12 Thread Matthew Dowle
"subset.data.frame" "summary.data.frame""t.data.frame" [65] "transform.data.frame" "unique.data.frame" "unstack.data.frame""xpdrows.data.frame" > But I think t

Re: [Rd] [R] data.frame() size

2005-12-09 Thread Liaw, Andy
I believe Gabor was referring to this: http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/05/05/0837.html Andy From: Hin-Tak Leung > > Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > There was nothing attached in the copy that came through > > to me. > > I like to see that patch also. > > > By the way, there was some dis

Re: [Rd] [R] data.frame() size

2005-12-09 Thread Hin-Tak Leung
Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > There was nothing attached in the copy that came through > to me. I like to see that patch also. > By the way, there was some discussion earlier this year > on a light-weight data.frame class but I don't think anyone > ever posted any code. It may have been me. I am w

Re: [Rd] [R] data.frame() size

2005-12-09 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
There was nothing attached in the copy that came through to me. By the way, there was some discussion earlier this year on a light-weight data.frame class but I don't think anyone ever posted any code. On 12/9/05, Matthew Dowle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Please see below for post on r

Re: [Rd] [R] data.frame() size

2005-12-09 Thread Matthew Dowle
Hi, Please see below for post on r-help regarding data.frame() and the possibility of dropping rownames, for space and time reasons. I've made some changes, attached, and it seems to be working well. I see the expected space (90% saved) and time (10 times faster) savings. There are no doubt some