fread option to skip lines with format errors (with warning)

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Issue type
Feature
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Needs clarification
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Research direction

Start by reviewing the fread option handling and the linked Stack Overflow discussion. Clarify whether the feature should skip rows with format errors, user-selected valid rows, or blocks of rows, and define the warning behavior before implementation. Done means the chosen cases are skipped without a fatal error and warnings make the skipped input clear.

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feature request fread top request

Perhaps also to skip particular rows or blocks of rows for some reason (even if they are valid).
Suggested by Darius here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24424928/fatal-error-using-fread-in-rstudio#comment37798442_24424928

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