Thomas Lumley wrote:
> > However attr(arima,"source") was still NULL (and of course comments
> > were non-existant). Apparently the functions in stats get
> > ***loaded*** from a binary file ``all.rda'' (in the
> > .../library/stats/R directory) rather than getting read in from ascii
> > files. (One hesitates to ask ***why***, but .... why?)
>
> Because R starts much faster that way.
Ah-ha!!! That indeed makes perfect sense. Thank you.
> > So, some questions:
> >
> > 1) Why do ``system'' packages, e.g. utils, behave differently
> > from ``optional'' packages? I.e. why does the sequence
> >
> > . detach package
> > . set keep.source.pkgs=TRUE
> > . re-load package
> >
> > ``work'', i.e. make the source available for functions in
> > optional packages but not for functions in system packages?
>
> Because, as you noted, the base packages are stored in binary form. This
> already speeds things up, and will have even more impact in 2.0.0 with
> "lazy loading" of functions.
This CANNOT be the (complete) explanation, because the utils
package behaves differently from the stats package.
What I mean is, your explanation explains why you never
get the source attributes ***at all*** with the stats
package.
It doesn't seem to me to explain why setting
keep.source.pkgs=TRUE, detaching and reloading doesn't work
for utils, whereas effectively setting keep.source.pkgs=TRUE
``a priori'' and then loading utils ***does*** work.
And ***nothing*** works with the stats package. Moreover in
.../library/utils/R you find the ascii source file ``utils''
and ***NOT*** a binary ``all.rda'' file.
> > I wonder if someone with better people skills and more patience
> > than Prof. Ripley would be so kind as to answer!
>
> When a Certain Guru rips strips off people (God knows he's done it to me
> often enough) on this list, there's a damned good reason for it.
> -- Rolf Turner (in a discussion about whether a friendly mailing list with
> more `customer service' attitude than R-help was needed)
> R-help (December 2003)
Oh, far be it from me to disagree. Especially with myself!
I do not dispute the right to rip strips. I just wanted a
comprehensible answer to my question, that's all.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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