[R] Error in lazyLoadDBfetch

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Martin Keller-Ressel wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> what does the following error mean??
> It occured during or at the end of a lengthy (and memory-intensive) 
> calculation using a routine from a shared library called via the '.C' 
> function:
> 
> Error in lazyLoadDBfetch(key, datafile, compressed, envhook) :
>          recursive default argument reference
> 
> I could not find any help with help.search("lazyLoadDBfetch")

No, it's an internal function.  See my article in the current R-news, 
though.

> Im using R 2.0.0:

This suggests that the C code you used has corrupted R's memory
allocation.  It should not happen, and has not been seen in really 
extensive testing of 2.0.0 prior to release.

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