Package: qs 0.27.3

Travers Ching

qs: Quick Serialization of R Objects

Provides functions for quickly writing and reading any R object to and from disk.

Authors:Travers Ching [aut, cre, cph], Yann Collet [ctb, cph], Facebook, Inc. [cph], Reichardt Tino [ctb, cph], Skibinski Przemyslaw [ctb, cph], Mori Yuta [ctb, cph], Romain Francois [ctb, cph], Francesc Alted [ctb, cph], Bryce Chamberlain [ctb], Salim Brüggemann [ctb]

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# Install 'qs' in R:
install.packages('qs', repos = c('https://fastverse.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/qsbase/qs/issues

Uses libs:
  • libzstd– Fast lossless compression algorithm
  • lz4– Fast LZ compression algorithm library
  • c++– GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Datasets:

On CRAN:

Conda:

compressiondata-storageencodingserializationlibzstdlz4cpp

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Last updated from:eca241e1bc. Checks:6 FAIL, 2 OK, 5 ERROR. Indexed: no.

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Exports:base85_decodebase85_encodebase91_decodebase91_encodeblosc_shuffle_rawblosc_unshuffle_rawcatquodecode_sourceencode_sourceget_altrep_class_infois_big_endianlz4_compress_boundlz4_compress_rawlz4_decompress_rawqattributesqcacheqdeserializeqdumpqloadqreadqread_fdqread_handleqread_ptrqread_urlqreadmqsaveqsave_fdqsave_handleqsavemqserializeregister_altrep_classset_trust_promisesunregister_altrep_classzstd_compress_boundzstd_compress_rawzstd_decompress_raw

Dependencies:BHRApiSerializeRcppRcppParallelstringfish

Using qs

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Last update: 2024-09-28
Started: 2018-12-30

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help pageTopics
Z85 Decodingbase85_decode
Z85 Encodingbase85_encode
basE91 Decodingbase91_decode
basE91 Encodingbase91_encode
Shuffle a raw vectorblosc_shuffle_raw
Un-shuffle a raw vectorblosc_unshuffle_raw
catquocatquo
Decode a compressed stringdecode_source
Encode and compress a file or stringencode_source
Get the class information of an ALTREP objectget_altrep_class_info
System Endiannessis_big_endian
lz4 compress boundlz4_compress_bound
lz4 compressionlz4_compress_raw
lz4 decompressionlz4_decompress_raw
qattributesqattributes
qcacheqcache
qdeserializeqdeserialize
qdumpqdump
qreadqread
qread_fdqread_fd
qread_handleqread_handle
qread_ptrqread_ptr
qread_urlqread_url
qloadqload qreadm
qsaveqsave
qsave_fdqsave_fd
qsave_handleqsave_handle
qsavemqsavem
qserializeqserialize
Register ALTREP class for serializationregister_altrep_class
Allow for serialization/deserialization of promisesset_trust_promises
Official list of IAU Star Namesstarnames
Unegister ALTREP class for serializationunregister_altrep_class
Zstd compress boundzstd_compress_bound
Zstd compressionzstd_compress_raw
Zstd decompressionzstd_decompress_raw