[R] foo.RData or foo.r?

[Martin Maechler]

Just one thing to add to Jason's very helpful posting and
explanations:

>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Turner <jasont at indigoindustrial.co.nz>
>>>>>     on Sat, 04 Oct 2003 07:30:03 +1200 writes:

	  .....
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    Jason> Short answer: anything that's R code *should* be
    Jason> named with .R at the end.  Anthing R created after
    Jason> you told it save() or save.image() or answered "y" to
    Jason> the "Save workspace image" question *should* have a
    Jason> name ending with .RData .  None of this is strictly
    Jason> necessary, but there are a bunch of nice things that
    Jason> happen if you do.

.rda  has been considered as okay as
.RData  by many (incl R core developers);  look e.g. at "2." in
the `Details' section of  help(data).

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