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

[Ivan Krylov]

On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:31:49 -0400
Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:

> It's also possible to put .R files in the data directory, and they
> are executed to create the data object.  I think that happens at the
> time when you call data() rather than at install time, so it might
> not be helpful.

Some time ago I was hoping to compress a package of mine by generating a
dataset during a data() call instead loading it from an .rda file, but
it turned out that the .R file is executed during R CMD build:
https://github.com/r-devel/r-svn/blob/03df313ad37456c6a62158328d4e373408ce4d59/src/library/tools/R/build.R#L794

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Best regards,
Ivan