From plummer@iarc.fr  Tue Sep 22 09:07:28 1998
From: plummer@iarc.fr (Martyn Plummer)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:07:28 +0200
Subject: --save and memory
Message-ID: <36075AC0.BE2898BE@iarc.fr>

I agree, and I sent a message to R-bugs to this effect
(currently filed under "startup"), although I was thinking
in terms of interactive use. Making this a fatal error
seems the best choice to me.

Martyn

Thomas Lumley wrote:
> 
> If the memory size is too small for the saved workspace to be loaded, and
> --save is specified in a batch file then the previous workspace is lost.
> It seems to me that having insufficient memory to load the saved workspace
> should be a fatal error at least if --save is specified.
> 
> What do other people think (preferably people that think saved workspaces
> are potentially useful)?
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--save and memory
Martyn Plummer