[R-pkg-devel] Examples taking too long depend on object that takes a while to generate

[Greg Hunt]

John,
Can you cut the test data size back?  Do you have some processing costs
that are non-linear with data size?  27 seconds of user CPU is an awful lot
of processing these days.

Greg

On Wed, 14 Sept 2022 at 13:21, John Harrold <john.m.harrold using gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm working on submitting a new package. I've created examples for each of
> the functions. Most of these functions depend on an R object that uses
> architecture-specific compiled code. To create that object can take between
> 10-20 seconds. The function that creates it will cache it in the tempdir().
> So the first example that uses that object will take more than the 5
> seconds allowed by CRAN. If I wrap that example in donttest, then the next
> function that uses it will exceed the 5 second limit, and on. I submitted
> the package with all of these examples wrapped in donttest, but that got me
> dinged :). So I'm trying to come up with a solution and I'd appreciate any
> help here.
>
> Is there some way to build an object before tests are run?
>
> Thank you,
> John
>
> If it would help this is an example where I'm testing it in win-builder:
>
> https://win-builder.r-project.org/6641irOr4mI6/
>
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