selfref.ok: Tests self reference of a data.table

In data.table: Extension of `data.frame`

Tests self reference of a data.table

Description

In rare situations, as presented in examples below, a data.table object may lose its internal attribute that holds a self-reference. This function tests just that.

It is not expected that many end users will have need for this highly technical function about data.table internals.

Usage

  .selfref.ok(x)

Arguments

x	A data.table.

Value

TRUE if self reference attribute is properly set, FALSE otherwise.

Examples

d1 = structure(list(V1=1L), class=c("data.table","data.frame"))
.selfref.ok(d1)
setDT(d1)
.selfref.ok(d1)

saveRDS(d1, f<-tempfile())
d2 = readRDS(f)
.selfref.ok(d2)
invisible(file.remove(f))
setDT(d2)
.selfref.ok(d2)

d3 = unserialize(serialize(d2, NULL))
.selfref.ok(d3)
setDT(d3)
.selfref.ok(d3)

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