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

[John Harrold]

Is there an example of how I can build it  at install time?

On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 5:52 AM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 13/09/2022 11:21 p.m., John Harrold 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?
>
> You could build it on your system, and save it in the data directory.
>
> If it really needs to depend on the current architecture, you could
> build it at install time.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
-- 
John
:wq

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