[Rd] Question about fifo behavior on Linux between versions 3.0.3 and 3.1.0

2014-05-20 Thread James Smith
Version 3.1.0 of R has imposed a very small data limit on writing to fifos on Linux. Consider the following R code (Assumes that ff is a fifo in the R process's current directory): con - fifo(ff, a+b) writeBin(raw(12501), con) In R 3.0.3, this returns without error and the data is available on

Re: [Rd] Question about fifo behavior on Linux between versions 3.0.3 and 3.1.0

2014-05-20 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
It _was_ part of the fifo for Windows patch. As if does not seem to be needed for Windows, it has been reverted. On 20/05/2014 16:02, James Smith wrote: Version 3.1.0 of R has imposed a very small data limit on writing to fifos on Linux. Consider the following R code (Assumes that ff is a