replace download option "RData" with RDS
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Description
In https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/QPHMKX each of the 4 data files provides the option to download the individual file in RData format.
This is nice for R users but in this example the downloaded data get inserted as an object called "x" in R; loading several objects will repeatedly overwrite object x.
As an alternative to RData format I would suggest to use R's RDS format https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/readRDS.html which
- saves exactly one object per file
- when reading back it can be assigned to any name, fully under control by the programmer.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no implementation file or test. Start by locating the code that offers or generates per-file RData downloads for the linked dataset, then review the RDS documentation linked in the report. Done means the individual-file option uses RDS semantics so each downloaded file contains one object that can be assigned by the reader.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, r
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100