write.matrix error (PR#9388)

Full_Name: Ming-Chung Li
Version: 2.4.0
OS: windows xp
Submission from: (NULL) (65.125.12.222)


Hi,

My pc has 1gb physical ram and 1.5gb virtual memory. The write.matrix() function
in MASS library gives an error when I try it to output a large matrix to a file.
Please see the follwing code to reproduce the problem. The problem also happends
in R 2.3.1 too. The write.table() does not have any error. Thanks, 

Ming-Chung

x <- matrix(rnorm(100000*300), 100000, 300)
library(MASS)
gc()

used  (Mb) gc trigger  (Mb) max used  (Mb)
Ncells   247519   6.7     467875  12.5   453068  12.1
Vcells 30107442 229.8   90360081 689.4 90227465 688.4

write.matrix(x, file = "c:/temp/temp.txt")

Error in .Call("R_lazyLoadDBfetch", key, file, compressed, hook, PACKAGE =
"base
") :
        recursive default argument reference