On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Jim Lindsey wrote:> Neither setting environment nor command
> line change memory size as given by gc(). However, if I give too small
> or too large a value on the command line, it tells me that it is
> invalid and is ignoring it!?? I repeat that when I recompiled changing
> the default size, gc() changed its values. Am I misunderstanding
> something?
I do not have this problem with R16.1, sparc-solaris2.5.1, gcc 2.7.2
Solaris-gorn% ~/R16 -n800000> gc()
Garbage collection ...
753423 cons cells free (94%)
3875k bytes of heap free (96%)
Solaris-gorn% ~/R16 -n400000> gc()
Garbage collection ...
353423 cons cells free (88%)
3875k bytes of heap free (96%)
Solaris-gorn% ~/R16 -v40> gc()
Garbage collection ...
353423 cons cells free (88%)
39875k bytes of heap free (99%)
Solaris-gorn% ~/R16 -v4> gc()
Garbage collection ...
353423 cons cells free (88%)
3875k bytes of heap free (96%)>
> 2. When I type colors(), R tells me that it cannot find .Colors.
This one I can replicate. .Colors is not defined anywhere in the base
library, nor is it loaded by eg x11(). I believe it used to be loaded
from the data directory by the startup function (in the days before
Rprofile and libraries).
Thomas Lumley
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