[R] 'Save Workspace' gives "recursive default argument reference" -- workaround?

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 2/12/2007 10:20 AM, Ben Fairbank wrote:
> When signing off R or trying to save a workspace in Windows XP pro SP2,
> I receive the following error message -
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> save.image("C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.4.1\\Responses3.RData")
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> Error in save.image("C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.4.1\\Responses3.RData") :
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>         recursive default argument reference
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> Everything else seems to work fine, and the only function I have written
> using "outer" (which I gather to be associated with this error) runs
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> An excursion through the list archives did not yield information
> discussing this message in connection with workspace saves.
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> Can a user suggest a workaround or alternative method to save the
> workspace before I exit R and see if restarting will cure it?

Instead of save.image(), use save() with an explicit list.  The man page 
says save.image() is equivalent to save(list = ls(all=TRUE), file = 
".RData"), so try leaving out some of your objects until you identify 
the problematic one(s).

Duncan Murdoch
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> With thanks for any suggestions,
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> Ben Fairbank
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