[R] identify object that causes "Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called ‘R.utils’"

[R. Michael Weylandt]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronimirc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Duncan,
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Duncan Murdoch
> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A better approach is to *never* save and load workspaces unless you know
>> exactly what is in them.  Always reply "no" to the question about saving
>> your workspace (or set that as the default).  If you accidentally end up
>> with a workspace being loaded, delete it.
>>
> I must admit that I'm a bit surprised by this. I was always under the
> impression that saving/restoring workspaces was the proper workflow in
> R. If you use R interactively (e.g., not by running scripts), how else
> would you store your data, intermediary results, etc., while working
> on a project? Am I missing something?

I save the objects themselves (rather than the whole workspace) using
saveRDS() and readRDS() -- which I *think* are considered better
practice than save() and load() because they don't force names on you.

Cheers,
MW