[R] R crashing during batch file formatting

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 10/31/2006 7:29 AM, Jon Minton wrote:
> Hi - i mean a 'real crash' (out of the R application) rather than an error.
> I'm using 2.3.1: is it worth upgrading? 

Yes, though it might just convert that crash into an R error.

Duncan Murdoch

> Jon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca] 
> Sent: 31 October 2006 12:05
> To: Jon Minton
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] R crashing during batch file formatting
> 
> On 10/31/2006 6:43 AM, Jon Minton wrote:
>   ....
>> It checks for existing files in the ‘to’ directory (where files which have
>> been modified with R- -> NA) because when I tried to do this conversion
>> operation previously it got about ½ way through then crashed.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> The problem is that it crashes *this time* too, without displaying a
> prompt
>> to say it’s read a single file. 
> 
> When you say "crash", do you mean it displays an R error (like "unable 
> to allocate vector of length ....") or a real crash with a Windows popup?
> 
> Which version are you using?  There were some fixes to the memory 
> management after the 2.3.1 release, but I haven't heard of any problems 
> in 2.4.0 before this.
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
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