CALLR_NO_TEMP_DLLS=true
env var is set then callr does not copy the dll the client DLL files from, in the subprocess. By default callr copies the DLL file that drives the callr subprocess into a temporary directory and loads it from there (#273).The r_session$get_running_time()
method now returns the correct values, as documented (#241, @djnavarro).
callr now uses fully qualified function calls in the subprocess to avoid interference with functions defined in the global environment. I.e. base::stderr()
instead of stderr()
. Closes #246.
$stdout
) and standard error (in stderr
) again. The standard output and error are also printed on error in non-interactive sessions, and a note is printed about them in interactive sessions.add_hook()
to hook into the callr process startup and options. This is for experts and it is also currently experimental (#203, @klmr).When copying existing startup files, an additional newline is appended to protect against a missing newline at the end of the file. This would cause R ignore that line (#205).
Serialization of objects passed between sessions now uses compress=FALSE
by default. The default can be changed by setting the callr.compress_transport
option (#223, @dfalbel).
We have revamped callr’s error objects, with lots of improvements to the output.
Reporting errors is much faster now (#185).
The user_profile
option of r_vanilla()
defaults to FALSE
now (#194).
It is now possible to set R environment variables (R_ENVIRON_USER
, R_PROFILE_USER
, etc.) via the env
argument (#193).
callr now supports starting an R process with a different architecture, so on Windows 64-bit R can start a 32-bit R background process, and vice-versa (#95).
callr now handles symbolic arguments properly, and does not evaluate them. E.g. callr::r(function(x) x, list(quote(foobar)))
works now (#175).
callr::r_session
does not leak file descriptors now in the sub-process (#184).
callr::r_session
now handles large messages from the subprocess well (#168).package
argument of r()
, r_bg()
, r_session$run()
, etc. (#147).r_session
now exits if the load hook errors. This generates an error if the session is started with wait = TRUE
. For wait = FALSE
the first $read()
operation will return with an error (#162).default_repos()
now returns a list if getOption("repos")
is a list, and a vector otherwise, on R 4.x.y as well.callr is now more careful when loading the local .Rprofile
in the subprocess. This fixes issues with packrat and renv that use .Rprofile
for setup (#139).
callr functions fail early if environment file is missing (#123, @jdblischak)
All callr functions and background processes properly clean up temporary files now (#104).
callr now uses a more principled setup for the library path, and restores the related environment variables in the child process. This is a breaking change if you relied on having the library set in a system()
subprocess of the callr subprocess (#114).
Better printing of rlang_error
s that happened in the subprocess.
The stacking of error objects is slightly different now, as we keep the unmodified error from the subprocess in $parent$error
.
callr now loads .Rprofile
files from the current working directory by default. This works better with packrat, renv, and other software that relies on a local profile for initialization (#131).
No user visible changes in this version.
r_session
now avoids creating data
and env
objects in the global environment of the subprocess.
New $debug()
method for r_session
to inspect the dumped frames in the subprocess, after an error.
callr now sets the .Last.error
variable for every uncaught callr error to the error condition, and also sets .Last.error.trace
to its stack trace. If the error originates in the subprocess, then .Last.error
is a hierarchical error object, and .Last.error.trace
merges the traces from the two processes. See the README.md
for an example.
New $traceback()
method for r_session
, to run traceback()
in the subprocess, after an error.
A callr subprocess now does not load any R packages by default.
New vignette, that showcases r_session
.
r()
, rcmd()
and rscript()
can now redirect the standard error of the subprocess its standard output. This allows to keep them correctly interleaved. For this, you need to either set the stderr
argument to the special string "2>&1"
, or to the same output file as specified for stdout
.
r()
, rcmd()
and rscript()
now pass ...
arguments to processx::run()
. r_bg()
and rcmd_bg()
pass ...
arguments to the processx::process
constructor. For r_process
, rcmd_process
and rscript_process
extra arguments can be specified as options$extra
, these are also passed to the processx::process
constructor (#100).
r()
, r_bg()
, etc. now handle messages from the cliapp package properly. They used to make the R session exit.
Better default for the repos
option in callr subprocesses. callr no longer creates duplicate “CRAN” entries. By default the new default_repos()
function is used to set repos
in the subprocess.
New rscript()
function and rscript_process
class to execute R scripts via Rscript
(#40, #81).
Library paths are now correctly set up for system()
(and similar) calls from the callr subprocesses (#83, #84).
Pass options("repos")
to the child process as is, without checking. Closes #82.
r_session$run_with_output()
now returns an S3 object with class callr_session_result
.
r_session$run*()
handle interrupts properly. It tries to interrupt the background process fist, kills it if it is not interruptible, and then re-throws the interrupt condition, going back to the top level prompt if the re-thrown condition is uncaught.
New r_session
class: a background R session you can send commands to (#56).
Rewrote passing the library path to the subprocess (#73, #75)
Retain names of the repos
option (#67, @jennybc)
pkgdown web site at https://callr.r-lib.org (#52, #53).
callr users .Renviron
files now (and R_ENVIRON_USER
as well), but overrides the library path, as requested in r()
, etc. (#30).
callr now handles the case when the subprocess calls quit()
.
callr now uses the processx package, instead of embedded code, to create and control processes.
The default behavior on error can be set now with the callr.error
option.
Better error message if the child R process crashes or gets killed. (#41)
r_bg
and rcmd_bg
now have the supervise
option (#45).
Fix a bug with R-devel, caused by the change on 2018-02-08: https://github.com/wch/r-source/commit/924582943706100e88a11d6bb0585d25779c91f5 #37, #38
Fix a race condition on Windows, when creating named pipes for stdout
or stderr
. The client sometimes didn’t wait for the server, and callr failed with ERROR_PIPE_BUSY (231, All pipe instances are busy).
Fix compilation issues on Solaris
Fix a test failure on macOS
Run R or R CMD
in the background, see r_bg()
, rcmd_bg()
, and also r_process
and rcmd_process
The defaults for r()
are safer now, the match the defaults of r_safe()
. r_safe()
is kept for compatibility. r_copycat()
has the old r()
defaults.
The defaults for rcmd()
are safer now, the match the defaults of rcmd_safe()
. rcmd_safe()
is kept for compatibility. rcmd_copycat()
has the old rcmd()
defaults.
Support block callbacks, in addition to line callbacks. Block callbacks are called for arbitrary chunks of output, even without a newline
Add spinner
argument to show a spinner in r()
or rcmd()
Support timeouts, via the timeout
argument
Fix bug when stdout
and stderr
are redirected to the same file
rcmd_safe_env()
to allow extending the environment variables set in safe mode
rcmd()
gets a fail_on_status
argument
rcmd()
gets an echo
argument to potentially show the command to be run on the screen (#15)
rcmd()
gets a wd
argument to set the working directory
First public release.