On Nov 6, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Christophe Genolini wrote: > I get it from windows tack manager (under Window 7). I guess it is in K > something. > My point was not about "how big is my dataset" (anyway, it is a fake dataset, > so it can be as big as I want) but more about "where on hell are lost the 52 > 760 - 39 668 K ?" > :-)
Ask your system ;) - you're comparing wrong things: a) you didn't run garbage collection so there will be temporary objects around and b) see FAQ 7.42 why what you're looking at has no real meaning. Cheers, Simon > Christophe > >> On Nov 6, 2012, at 1:03 PM, Christophe Genolini wrote: >> >>> Hi the list >>> >>> I have package foo0 with a big dataset 'myData'. >>> In DESCRIPTION, if I use 'LazyData: no', then I get: >>> >>> - when I open a R session : memory used=20 908 >>> - when I attach 'library(foo0)' : memory used=24364 >>> - then I load the set 'data(myData)' : memory used=39 668 >>> >>> If I use LazyData: yes', then I get >>> - when I open a R session : memory used=20 908 >>> - when I attach 'library(foo0)' : memory used=52 760. >>> >>> In this second example, after 'library(foo0)', I was expecting the memory >>> to rize up to 39 668, not to 52 760... Where does the difference come from? >>> >> What do you mean by "memory used" - i.e. where do you get that from? After >> GC? >> This certainly doesn't look like a "big dataset" by the numbers - I would >> classify that as tiny :) >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> >> >>> Thanks >>> Christophe >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Christophe Genolini >>> Maître de conférences en bio-statistique >>> Vice président Communication interne et animation du campus >>> Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Christophe Genolini > Maître de conférences en bio-statistique > Vice président Communication interne et animation du campus > Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense > > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
