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filearray

File-Backed Array for Out-of-Memory Computation

v0.2.1 · Mar 22, 2026 · LGPL-3
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Description

Stores large arrays in files to avoid occupying large memories. Implemented with super fast gigabyte-level multi-threaded reading/writing via 'OpenMP'. Supports multiple non-character data types (double, float, complex, integer, logical, and raw).

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc OK
r-devel-macos-arm64 OK
r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-patched-linux-x86_64 NOTE
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r-release-windows-x86_64 OK
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NOTE r-patched-linux-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘filearray/libs/filearray.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘R_MissingArg’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

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NOTE 13 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 27, 2026
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘filearray/libs/filearray.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘R_MissingArg’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 26, 2026
NOTE 11 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 23, 2026
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

compiled code

File ‘filearray/libs/filearray.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

compiled code

File ‘filearray/libs/filearray.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'filearray/libs/x64/filearray.dll':
  Found non-API call to R: 'Rf_findVarInFrame'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
WARNING 9 OK · 4 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 20, 2026
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

compiled code

File ‘filearray/libs/filearray.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘filearray/libs/filearray.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
This entry point may be removed soon.

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

compiled code

File ‘filearray/libs/filearray.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

compiled code

File ‘filearray/libs/filearray.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'filearray/libs/x64/filearray.dll':
  Found non-API call to R: 'Rf_findVarInFrame'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 16, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

examples

Running examples in ‘filearray-Ex.R’ failed
The error most likely occurred in:

> base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv")
> ### Name: filearray_bind
> ### Title: Merge and bind homogeneous file arrays
> ### Aliases: filearray_bind
> 

...[truncated]...
 simply creates links 
> # if symlink is supported
> 
> y1[] - y2[]
Error in fa_subset1(x, , ..., drop = drop, reshape = reshape, strict = strict,  : 
  argument "tmp" is missing, with no default
Calls: [ -> [.FileArray -> fa_subset1
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Reverse Dependencies (4)

imports

ieegio ravecore ravetools

suggests

ravepipeline

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies digest fastmap Rcpp uuid ieegio ravecore ravetools ravepipeline filearray

Version History

updated 0.2.1 ← 0.2.0 diff Mar 23, 2026
new 0.2.0 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.9 diff Mar 31, 2025
updated 0.1.9 ← 0.1.8 diff Nov 7, 2024
updated 0.1.8 ← 0.1.7 diff Sep 2, 2024
updated 0.1.7 ← 0.1.6 diff Jul 16, 2024
updated 0.1.6 ← 0.1.5 diff Jun 22, 2023
updated 0.1.5 ← 0.1.4 diff Oct 15, 2022
updated 0.1.4 ← 0.1.3 diff Aug 5, 2022
updated 0.1.3 ← 0.1.2 diff Jan 27, 2022
updated 0.1.2 ← 0.1.1 diff Nov 24, 2021
updated 0.1.1 ← 0.1.0 diff Sep 19, 2021
new 0.1.0 Sep 7, 2021