Not to be pedantic but it's not a dataset per-se. It's an R object that the examples need.
On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 2:49 AM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 15/09/2022 5:29 a.m., Martin Maechler wrote: > >>>>>> Duncan Murdoch > >>>>>> on Thu, 15 Sep 2022 04:42:04 -0400 writes: > > > > > On 15/09/2022 3:45 a.m., Martin Maechler wrote: > > >>>>>>> Duncan Murdoch > > >>>>>>> on Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:02:28 -0400 writes: > > >> > > >> > On 14/09/2022 12:43 p.m., Ivan Krylov wrote: > > >> >> On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:31:49 -0400 > > >> >> Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >> > > >> >>> It's also possible to put .R files in the data directory, > and they > > >> >>> are executed to create the data object. I think that > happens at the > > >> >>> time when you call data() rather than at install time, so it > might > > >> >>> not be helpful. > > >> >> > > >> >> Some time ago I was hoping to compress a package of mine by > generating a > > >> >> dataset during a data() call instead loading it from an .rda > file, but > > >> >> it turned out that the .R file is executed during R CMD build: > > >> >> > https://github.com/r-devel/r-svn/blob/03df313ad37456c6a62158328d4e373408ce4d59/src/library/tools/R/build.R#L794 > > >> > > >> > Thanks for that info. That's not good for John, because the > > >> > architecture isn't known at build time. > > >> > > >> > Duncan Murdoch > > >> > > >> Sorry to muddy the water, but what *is* "build time"? > > >> There's the big difference between building > > >> 1) a Source tarball and > > >> 2) a MacOS or Windows binary package > > >> > > >> Unfortunately, the two situations are very different notably in > > >> this case, where '(2)' is really much closer to the > > >> "install time" you mention. > > >> > > > > > I meant building the tarball, and assumed that was what Ivan was > talking > > > about as well. > > > > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > Ok, thank you, for the clarification. > > > > Note that `R CMD build --help` mentions (among more) > > > > --resave-data= re-save data files as compactly as possible: > > "no", "best", "gzip" (default) > > --no-resave-data same as --resave-data=no > > > > so when building the package, > > Ivan should get what he wanted with > > > > R CMD build --no-resave-data <pkg> > > > > no ? > > It's actually John Harrold who has the problem: a dataset that he wants > to use in examples that takes a long time to build, causing his examples > to exceed the CRAN 5 second limit. > > So what I was suggesting is that he should arrange for it to be created > before running the example; the problem is that the dataset depends on > the architecture of the machine that's running the example. To follow > my suggestion he would need to have the dataset created when the package > was installed (or the binary was built). > > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > -- John :wq [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel