[R] memory allocation in R

[Mehmet Suzen]

You may want to enable garbage collection on

gctorture(on = TRUE)

see: ?gctorture
     ?gcinfo
     ?object.size

>-----Original Message-----
>From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
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>On Behalf Of Marc Jekel
>Sent: 23 November 2011 15:42
>To: R-help at r-project.org
>Subject: [R] memory allocation in R
>
>Dear R community,
>
>I was observing a memory issue in R (latest 64bit R version running on
a
>win 7 64 bit system) that made me curious.
>
>I kept track of the memory f my PC allocated to R to calculate + keep
>several objects in the workspace. If I then save the workspace, close
R,
>and open the workspace again, less memory is allocated to keep the same
>set of variables into the workspace. For my case, the reduction in
>memory size was quite significant (approx. 2 GB).
>
>Does anyone know why R behaves in this manner - put differently: What
>does R keep in the workspace beyond the objects before I close R? Can I
>induce the reduction in memory without the need to close R?
>
>Thanks for an email!
>
>Marc
>
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