Re: [R] memory leak using XML readHTMLTable

2012-09-18 Thread J Toll
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Duncan Temple Lang wrote: > The version of the package on github is in the > standard R format and that part of the README is > no longer relevant. Sorry for the confusion. > > It might be simplest to pick up a tar.gz file of the source at > > http://www.omegahat.

Re: [R] memory leak using XML readHTMLTable

2012-09-17 Thread Duncan Temple Lang
Thanks Yihui for normalizing my customized git URL. The version of the package on github is in the standard R format and that part of the README is no longer relevant. Sorry for the confusion. It might be simplest to pick up a tar.gz file of the source at http://www.omegahat.org/RSXML/XML_3.94

Re: [R] memory leak using XML readHTMLTable

2012-09-17 Thread J Toll
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Yihui Xie wrote: > I think the correct address for GIT should be > git://github.com/omegahat/XML.git :) Or just > https://github.com/omegahat/XML > > Regards, > Yihui > -- > Yihui Xie > Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name > Department of Statistics, Iowa S

Re: [R] memory leak using XML readHTMLTable

2012-09-17 Thread Yihui Xie
I think the correct address for GIT should be git://github.com/omegahat/XML.git :) Or just https://github.com/omegahat/XML Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name Department of Statistics, Iowa State University 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at

Re: [R] memory leak using XML readHTMLTable

2012-09-17 Thread Duncan Temple Lang
Hi James Unfortunately, I am not certain if the "latest version" of the XML package has the garbage collection activated for the nodes. It is quite complicated and that feature was turned off in some versions of the package. I suggest that you install the version of the package on github git

[R] memory leak using XML readHTMLTable

2012-09-16 Thread J Toll
Hi, I'm using the XML package to scrape data and I'm trying to figure out how to eliminate the memory leak I'm currently experiencing. In the searches I've done, it sounds like the existence of the leak is fairly well known. What isn't as clear is exactly how to solve it. The general process I'