[Rd] save() size in XDR

[Nathan Whitehouse]

> 
> I don't think so, though you can guess:  integers
> are stored in 4
> bytes, floats in 8, etc.

  I think this would be good if we only needed a rough
estimate, but we need something precise.  

> One way to solve this problem would be to create a
> connection that did
> nothing except keep track of a file position, then
> do the save to that
> connection.  However, it's not easy to define new
> connection types.
> Might be a nice package to write to allow such a
> thing.

  That seems reasonable to me.  I'll look into it; are
there any resources at all for how to define new
connection types?

  Thanks much,


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