shareData() without deep copy?

[SebKrantz]

Hi Morgan,

I wondered: shareData() currently does a deep copy of the object right? For my time-series/panel-data indexing solution in collapse, I just creating an external pointer to the object: https://github.com/SebKrantz/collapse/blob/master/src/extptr.c, which works well in the current session.

I wondered whether you think that would work also across sessions. The particular context I am looking at is a mirai map (docs here), where the current session remains active, and the external pointer could be a lightweight way of passing an environment with objects to a parallel processs. (also tagging this issue).

Best,

Sebastian

[SebKrantz]

So in other words, I am wondering whether a shallow = TRUE argument to shareData() etc. would make sense for such use cases.

[2005m]

Hi Sebastian,
I don't have the time to take care of this package.
I was wondering if you would like to take over?
Happy to give you full control, transfer it or any other solution.
Regards

[SebKrantz]

Hi Morgan,

I'm sorry to hear that. But yes, you could transfer it to the fastverse organization. I'll add you to it so you still have control. I'll also add a few others that are interested in maintaining this ecosystem. Possibly collapse will move there as well in the future.

Best,

Sebastian

[2005m]

I have transfered the repo. It is all yours. Let me know if you need further action on my side. Thank you

[SebKrantz]

Thanks Morgan, I'll take good care of it. And it is very much still yours. If you want to change CRAN maintainership you will need to notify them. We can do that when an update is needed or desired.