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...a stored in a DDP are available on demand, but do not take up memory until requested. You attach a DDP with g.data.attach(), then read from it and assign to it in a manner similar to S-Plus, except that you must run g.data.save() to actually commit to disk. Thanks very much to <brian at dumbaz.com> for pointing out the incompatibility. (Sorry, Brian, a direct reply to you bounced.) "g.data" basically creates mock packages (DDP's) to contain the data, and in R-1.8.0 a package needs a DESCRIPTION file to be recognized by .find.package(). Note you will need temporary writ...

...a stored in a DDP are available on demand, but do not take up memory until requested. You attach a DDP with g.data.attach(), then read from it and assign to it in a manner similar to S-Plus, except that you must run g.data.save() to actually commit to disk. Thanks very much to <brian at dumbaz.com> for pointing out the incompatibility. (Sorry, Brian, a direct reply to you bounced.) "g.data" basically creates mock packages (DDP's) to contain the data, and in R-1.8.0 a package needs a DESCRIPTION file to be recognized by .find.package(). Note you will need temporary writ...