From pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca  Wed Oct 29 17:48:23 1997
From: pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca (Paul Gilbert)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:48:23 -0500
Subject: R-alpha: Using autoload and smaller 'base' package [was "Re: New Version"].
References: <199710291720.SAA01035@sophie.ethz.ch>
Message-ID: <97Oct29.125401est.26507@mailgate.bank-banque-canada.ca>

Perhaps someone could bring those of us not in "core" up to date a bit.
What are advantages of autoload and the implications, especially for
memory and speed.  Currently I have to divide my package into several
pieces in order to load it (I'm not too  sure why, but it is fairly
big). This is what I do:

R  -v6 -n250000
library("dse/tframe")
library("dse/dse1")
library("dse/dse2")
library("dse/dsex1")
library("padi/padi")
library("dse/dsex2")

Some pieces are much more important and frequently used than others.
Also, within some pieces there are functions which are used a lot more
than others. Should I consider autoloading everything? Will I still need
to divide the package into pieces? Should I avoid autoloading anything
that is used really frequently?

Paul Gilbert

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R-alpha: Using autoload and smaller 'base' package [was "Re: New Version"].
Paul Gilbert