[R] Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .RData

[Thompson, David (MNR)]

Hello,

I may have found the problem, although I don't understand it.
When I commented out the following line in my Rprofile.site file the
problem _seemed_ to disappear.
	# ans as shorthand for .Last.value
	# makeActiveBinding("ans", function() .Last.value, .GlobalEnv)

I decided to do this after reading the help for bindenv {base} and the
phrase ". . . experimental interface . . ." JUMPED right out at me.
Again, I don't know if this was _actually_ the cause of my problem but,
I am underway again.

Thanx, DaveT.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Thompson, David (MNR) 
>Sent: October 10, 2008 10:26 AM
>To: 'r-help at r-project.org'
>Subject: Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .RData
>
>Hello,
>
>I am unable to start an R session by double-clicking on an 
>existing .RData file from the Windoze file explorer.
>A dialogue appears with the message
>	"Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .RData",
>
>and I notice in the R Console the last few lines are:
>	"Loading required package: R2HTML
>	 NULL
>	 error in function ()  : unused argument(s) (1:43)"
>
>I tried starting a fresh R session, changing the working 
>directory, saving a new empty workspace, closing R, and 
>restarting with the new (empty) .RData file to the same effect.
>
>I tried with the --vanilla option, changing the working 
>directory and loading the existing workspace,  and get the 
>error message:
>	"Error in function ()  : unused argument(s) (1:43)"
>
>And again with the --no-restore-data option, same effect.
>
>Suggestions?
>Thanx, DaveT.
>###
># system info:
>> sessionInfo() ; cat("\n") ; Sys.info()[c(1:3,5)]
>R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25) 
>i386-pc-mingw32 
>
>locale:
>LC_COLLATE=English_Canada.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_Canada.1252;LC_
>MONETARY=English_Canada.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_Canada.1252
>
>attached base packages:
>[1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  tcltk     utils    
> methods   base     
>
>other attached packages:
>[1] debug_1.1.0     mvbutils_1.1.1  lattice_0.17-14 
>plotrix_2.4-7   svSocket_0.9-5  TinnR_1.0.2     R2HTML_1.59    
> Hmisc_3.4-3    
>
>loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>[1] cluster_1.11.11 grid_2.7.2      svMisc_0.9-5    tools_2.7.2    
>
>  sysname                      release                      
>version                      machine 
>"Windows"                         "XP" "build 2600, Service 
>Pack 2"                        "x86" 
># system info:
>###
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>Silviculture Data Analyst
>Ontario Forest Research Institute
>Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
>david.john.thompson at ontario.ca
>http://ontario.ca/ofri
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