Creating a long list triggers billions of messages

? Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:51:34 +1100
Hugh Parsonage <hugh.parsonage at gmail.com> ?????:

x <- vector("list", 2^31)

which triggers (presumably) billions of error messages like
Error: long vectors are not supported yet ../include/Rinlinedfuns.h

I couldn't reproduce this with some released versions of R or a recent
R-devel. Would you mind sharing your sessionInfo()?

If you'd like to, could you please run

R -q -s -e 'x <- vector("list", 2^31)' -d gdb

...then set a breakpoint on Rf_errorcall, run the program and collect a
backtrace when it fires?

Best regards,
Ivan