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2005 Jul 08
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Possible Solution to Tempfile error (for documentation)
...t appears that this technique is not scalable to large
dataframes without making some changes to the way tempfiles are handled.
In the background, R generates tempfiles in a directory using a
sequential number. In my case, the numbers ranged from Rf1 to Rf32767.
The next in line would of course be Rf32768. This number happens to
coincide with 2^15-1, which my programmer colleagues tell me is the
maximum positive value a software program with 16 bit processing can
create. So, R recognizes that it cannot create a new tempfile and stops
the loop.
According to my collegues, programmers need to be aware...