• using R version 2.8.0 beta (2008-10-08 r46670)
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  • this is package 'bigmemory' version '2.3'
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    read.big.matrix,character: possible error in scan(fileName, what =
    "character", skip = skip, nlines = 1, sep = "\n", split = sep, quiet
    = TRUE): unused argument(s) (split = sep)
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  • checking examples ... ERROR
    Running examples in 'bigmemory-Ex.R' failed.
    The error most likely occurred in:

    > ### * shared.big.matrix
    >
    > flush(stderr()); flush(stdout())
    >
    > ### Name: shared.big.matrix
    > ### Title: Create a shared ``big.matrix''.
    > ### Aliases: shared.big.matrix
    > ### Keywords: classes methods
    >
    > ### ** Examples
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    > # This example won't run on the Windows version of the package,
    > # and if you are reading this message you are most certainly using
    > # a non-Windows version.
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    > # The example is quite silly, as you wouldn't likely do this in a
    > # single R session. But if zdescription were passed to another R session
    > # via SNOW, NetWorkSpaces, or even by a simple file read/write,
    > # then the attach of the second R process would give access to the
    > # same object in memory. Please see the package vignette for real examples.
    > z <- shared.big.matrix(3, 3, type='integer', init=3)

    *** caught bus error ***
    address 0x0, cause 'non-existent physical address'

    Traceback:
    1: .Call("CCreateSharedMatrix", nrow = as.double(nrow), ncol = as.double(ncol), colnames = as.character(colnames), rownames = as.character(rownames), type = as.integer(typeVal), init = as.double(init))
    2: shared.big.matrix(3, 3, type = "integer", init = 3)
    aborting ...
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