[R] RCurl memory leak in getURL method

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> dotnet sql <dotnetsqltraining at gmail.com>
>>>>>     on Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:50:20 +1100 writes:

    > Hi It looks like we have hit a bug in RCurl. The method
    > getURL seems to be leaking memory. A simple test case to
    > reproduce the bug is given here:

    >> library(RCurl)
    >> handle<-getCurlHandle()
    >> range<-1:100
    >> for (r in range) {x<-getURL(url="news.google.com.au",curl=handle)}

    > If I run this code, the memory allocated to the R session is never
    > recovered.

    > We are using RCurl for some long running experiments and we are running out
    > of memory on the test system.

    > The specs of our test system are as follows:
    > OS: Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit)
    > Memory: 24 GB
    > RCurl version: 1.95-4.3

    > Any ideas about how to get around this issue?

What did the maintainer of the RCurl package say when you asked
him?  
Inside R,  use     maintainer("RCurl")
and then e-mail him, a very smart and nice guy.




    > Thanks

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