opensafely / opensafely/documentation
Add section providing advice on reducing RAM use
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Description
This is particularly relevant for R, where objects are held in memory. For example:
- use correct variable typing for large datasets
- delete large objects when no longer used
- consider random sampling
Probably belongs in the "opensafely best practice" section
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
Start by locating the “OpenSAFELY best practice” section in the documentation. Review nearby guidance and add advice covering variable typing for large datasets, deleting unused large objects, and random sampling. Done means the section contains clear, practical advice for reducing RAM use, particularly for R objects.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100