generateCache: Generates a cache pathname from a key object

In R.cache: Fast and Light-Weight Caching (Memoization) of Objects and Results to Speed Up Computations

Generates a cache pathname from a key object

Description

Generates a cache pathname from a key object.

Usage

## Default S3 method:
generateCache(key, suffix=".Rcache", ...)

Arguments

key	A list or an environment from which a character string checksum will be calculated and that will constitute the name part of the cache filename.
suffix	A character string to be appended to the end of the filename.
...	Arguments passed to getCachePath().

Value

Returns the pathname as a character string.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

See Also

findCache(). Internally, the generic function getChecksum() is used to calculate the checksum of argument key.

R.cache documentation built on June 8, 2025, 11:32 a.m.