On Fri, 23 Sep 2011, Jon Clayden wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I take the point, although it does seem like a
substantial regression (on non-Windows platforms).
I like to keep the external dependencies of my packages minimal, but I
will look into the mmap package - thanks, Jeff, for the tip.
Yes, inelegant would be a good description. Sadly a fact we have to
put up with I guess.
FWIW, I too don't like dependencies. mmap has none, and is cross
platform, but I get the idea.
Good luck,
Jeff
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Jon Clayden wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. I take the poi
Thanks for the replies. I take the point, although it does seem like a
substantial regression (on non-Windows platforms).
I like to keep the external dependencies of my packages minimal, but I
will look into the mmap package - thanks, Jeff, for the tip.
Aside from that, though, what is the altern
seek() in general is a bad idea IMO if you are writing cross-platform code.
?seek
Warning:
Use of ‘seek’ on Windows is discouraged. We have found so many
errors in the Windows implementation of file positioning that
users are advised to use it only at their own risk, and asked no
Basically seek with zlib is flaky: we've stumbled on several errors.
If it worked for you in the past, count yourself lucky. I'd suggest
you avoid relying on it in your packages.
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011, Jon Clayden wrote:
Dear all,
In R-devel (2011-09-23 r57050), I'm running into a serious pro
