Powolny przeciek pamięci w danych.tabela podczas zwracania nazwanych list w j (próba zmiany kształtu danych.tabela)

Edytuj 3:

Stworzyłem znacznie krótszy przykład wycieku pamięci. Mam nadzieję, że znacznie ułatwi to zrozumienie tego, co się dzieje. W miarę postępów iteracji widać stale zwiększającą się pamięć VCell gc (), podczas gdy użycie pamięci zgłaszane przez tabele () pozostaje takie samo. Wydaje się, że w jakiś sposób odpowiedzialne jest wywołanie niepubliczne (.SD). Oto jest:

DT = data.table(k = 1:100, g = 1:20, val = rnorm(2e6))
for (i in 1:100){
  tmp = DT[ , unlist(.SD), by = 'k']
  print(gc())
  tables()
}

Oryginalny post:

Widzę pewne zachowanie pamięci, którego nie rozumiem, gdy korzystam z pakietu data.table. Używam R-2.13.0 z data.table 1.8.8. Używam 64-bitowego suse linux.

Moim ostatecznym celem jest przekształcenie tabeli danych z formatu „długiego” na „szeroki” przy użyciu jak najmniejszej ilości pamięci. Podążyłem za sugestią w innym [SO post] (Zagnieżdżone instrukcje if else w wielu kolumnach). Zasadniczo próbuję przekształcić dane.table zwracając nazwaną listę w wyrażeniu j.

Widzę stale rosnącą ilość pamięci, która wydaje się przeciekiem pamięci. Całkowita pamięć używana przez dane.tables lub inne obiekty nie uwzględnia tego, co pokazano w gc (). w szczególności Vcells zaczyna się od około 17 MB i kończy na prawie 30 MB, podczas gdy całkowite wykorzystanie pamięci zgłaszane przez tabele () wynosi 19 MB (na końcu). Nie ma innych obiektów (które widzę) wykorzystujących jakąkolwiek znaczącą ilość pamięci. Uruchamianie poniższego kodu pokazuje rosnące wykorzystanie pamięci przez instrukcje print (gc ()).

Czy czegoś brakuje lub czy istnieje problem z niektórymi alokacjami pamięci w dogroups.c?

Oto kod do odtworzenia problemu, który widzę. Jakieś pomysły? Naprawdę chciałbym być w stanie stosunkowo sprawnie przekształcać dane.tabela pamięci, która jest ważniejsza niż szybkość.

library(data.table)

if(!exists('DT')){
  cat('creating DT\n')
  # make a "long" matrix with 300 columns and keys v,d
  v = 1:250
  d = 1:50
  grid = expand.grid(v,d)
  DT = data.table(v = grid[,1], d = grid[,2])    
  # now add many columns
  DT[,sprintf('col%s',1:100) := 1:nrow(DT)]; 
  # set d as key, we don't care much about v for this example
  setkey(DT,'d')
}

# The following code attempts to cast a "long" data.table to "wide" format
# it is the equivalent the reshape2 call:
#
#   dcast(melt(DT, c('d','v')), d ~ v + variable, value_var='value')
#
# When I run the code I see ever-increasing memory use.  sourcing the file
# repeatedly shows that as well. The total memory used by the input
# and result data.table or any other objects do not account for the total use.


# casting patterned after
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15510566/nested-if-else-statements-over-a-number-of-columns/15511689?noredirect=1#comment21968080_15511689

paste.dash <- function(...){ paste(..., sep='-')}    

# assumes keys is  a vector of characters
dt.melt <- function(dt, keys) {
  dt[, list(variable = names(.SD), value = unlist(.SD)), by = keys]
}

# assumes keys is  a vector of characters.
# all.names is all the column names we expect in the wide data.table
# we accommodate for the possibility of missing wide table values 
# for some groups by appending NAs for any column names not present.
# in the particular example above there are no missing values,
# but the data I intend to run this on does.
dt.recast<- function(dat, keys, all.names,verbose=FALSE){

  if (verbose){
    cat(sprintf('dt.recast(): keys = %s\n', paste(keys, collapse=',')))
    print(gc())
  }
  # id, variable, value
  m = dt.melt(dat, keys)

  # m.names will be the wide table column names.
  m.names = do.call(paste.dash, m[, c(keys,'variable'),  with=FALSE])

  #append anything that's missing in this group to end of list with NA values
  missing.names = setdiff(all.names, m.names)
  missing.vals = rep(NA_real_, length(missing.names))
  ret.val = c(m$value, missing.vals)
  # set names and make a list as required by data.table to generate a wide row
  ret.val = as.list(setattr(ret.val,'names', c(m.names,missing.names)))

  if (verbose){
    print(gc())
  }

  return(ret.val)
}

# turn to wide format row key 'd': columns are cartesian product of v and
# current non-key columns

all.wide.names = do.call(paste.dash, expand.grid(unique(DT$v), tail(names(DT),-2)))

print (gc())

DT.wide = DT[ , dt.recast(.SD, 'v', all.wide.names, verbose = TRUE),
  by = 'd',
  verbose=TRUE ]

print (gc())

Edytować:

#Here is the output of sessionInfo
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.13.0 (2011-04-13)
Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit)

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C               LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8     LC_MONETARY=C              LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8    LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C   \
               LC_ADDRESS=C
[10] LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] data.table_1.8.8
>

Edit2: Oto kilka wyników z dwóch kolejnych przebiegów.

> source('memory-leak.R')
data.table 1.8.8  For help type: help("data.table")
creating DT
         used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells 231906 12.4     407500 21.8   350000 18.7
Vcells 272022  2.1     786432  6.0   773683  6.0
Finding groups (bysameorder=TRUE) ... done in 0.001secs. bysameorder=TRUE and o__ is length 0
Optimization is on but j left unchanged as 'dt.recast(.SD, "v", all.wide.names, verbose = TRUE)'
Starting dogroups ... dt.recast(): keys = v
         used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells 233168 12.5     467875   25   350000 18.7
Vcells 292303  2.3     786432    6   773683  6.0
         used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells 258224 13.8     531268 28.4   350000 18.7
Vcells 474776  3.7     905753  7.0   773683  6.0
The result of j is a named list. It's very inefficient to create the same names over and over again for each group. When j=list(...), any names are detected, removed and put back after grouping has completed, for efficiency. Using j=transform(), for example, prevents that speedup (consider changing to :=). This message may be upgraded to warning in future.
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283206 15.2     531268 28.4   350000 18.7
Vcells 1699595 13.0    2029708 15.5  1699607 13.0
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308232 16.5     597831   32   350000 18.7
Vcells 1882303 14.4    2221551   17  2029708 15.5
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1732347 13.3    2412628 18.5  2029708 15.5
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831   32   350000 18.7
Vcells 1915666 14.7    2613259   20  2284358 17.5
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1764847 13.5    2823921 21.6  2284358 17.5
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1948166 14.9    3045117 23.3  2316858 17.7
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1797347 13.8    3045117 23.3  2316858 17.7
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1980666 15.2    3277372 25.1  2349358 18.0
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1829847 14.0    3277372 25.1  2349358 18.0
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2013166 15.4    3277372 25.1  2381858 18.2
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1862347 14.3    3277372 25.1  2381858 18.2
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2045666 15.7    3277372 25.1  2414358 18.5
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1894847 14.5    3277372 25.1  2414358 18.5
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2078166 15.9    3277372 25.1  2446858 18.7
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1927347 14.8    3277372 25.1  2446858 18.7
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2110666 16.2    3277372 25.1  2479358 19.0
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1959847 15.0    3277372 25.1  2479358 19.0
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2143166 16.4    3521240 26.9  2511858 19.2
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 1992347 15.3    3521240 26.9  2511858 19.2
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2175666 16.6    3521240 26.9  2544358 19.5
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2024847 15.5    3521240 26.9  2544358 19.5
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2208166 16.9    3521240 26.9  2576858 19.7
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2057347 15.7    3521240 26.9  2576858 19.7
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2240666 17.1    3521240 26.9  2609358 20.0
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2089847 16.0    3521240 26.9  2609358 20.0
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2273166 17.4    3521240 26.9  2641858 20.2
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2122347 16.2    3521240 26.9  2641858 20.2
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2305666 17.6    3521240 26.9  2674358 20.5
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2154847 16.5    3521240 26.9  2674358 20.5
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2338166 17.9    3777302 28.9  2706858 20.7
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2187347 16.7    3777302 28.9  2706858 20.7
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2370666 18.1    3777302 28.9  2739358 20.9
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2219847 17.0    3777302 28.9  2739358 20.9
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2403166 18.4    3777302 28.9  2771858 21.2
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2252347 17.2    3777302 28.9  2771858 21.2
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2435666 18.6    3777302 28.9  2804358 21.4
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2284847 17.5    3777302 28.9  2804358 21.4
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2468166 18.9    3777302 28.9  2836858 21.7
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2317347 17.7    3777302 28.9  2836858 21.7
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2500666 19.1    4046167 30.9  2869358 21.9
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2349847 18.0    4046167 30.9  2869358 21.9
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2533166 19.4    4046167 30.9  2901858 22.2
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2382347 18.2    4046167 30.9  2901858 22.2
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2565666 19.6    4046167 30.9  2934358 22.4
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2414847 18.5    4046167 30.9  2934358 22.4
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2598166 19.9    4046167 30.9  2966858 22.7
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2447347 18.7    4046167 30.9  2966858 22.7
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2630666 20.1    4046167 30.9  2999358 22.9
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2479847 19.0    4046167 30.9  2999358 22.9
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2663166 20.4    4046167 30.9  3031858 23.2
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2512347 19.2    4046167 30.9  3031858 23.2
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2695666 20.6    4328475 33.1  3064358 23.4
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2544847 19.5    4328475 33.1  3064358 23.4
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2728166 20.9    4328475 33.1  3096858 23.7
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2577347 19.7    4328475 33.1  3096858 23.7
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2760666 21.1    4328475 33.1  3129358 23.9
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2609847 20.0    4328475 33.1  3129358 23.9
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2793166 21.4    4328475 33.1  3161858 24.2
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2642347 20.2    4328475 33.1  3161858 24.2
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2825666 21.6    4328475 33.1  3194358 24.4
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2674847 20.5    4328475 33.1  3194358 24.4
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2858166 21.9    4328475 33.1  3226858 24.7
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2707347 20.7    4328475 33.1  3226858 24.7
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2890666 22.1    4624898 35.3  3259358 24.9
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2739847 21.0    4624898 35.3  3259358 24.9
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2923166 22.4    4624898 35.3  3291858 25.2
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2772347 21.2    4624898 35.3  3291858 25.2
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2955666 22.6    4624898 35.3  3324358 25.4
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2804847 21.4    4624898 35.3  3324358 25.4
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2988166 22.8    4624898 35.3  3356858 25.7
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2837347 21.7    4624898 35.3  3356858 25.7
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3020666 23.1    4624898 35.3  3389358 25.9
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 2869847 21.9    4624898 35.3  3389358 25.9

... <snip> ...

dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3162347 24.2    5262949 40.2  3681858 28.1
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3345666 25.6    5262949 40.2  3714358 28.4
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3194847 24.4    5262949 40.2  3714358 28.4
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3378166 25.8    5262949 40.2  3746858 28.6
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3227347 24.7    5262949 40.2  3746858 28.6
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3410666 26.1    5262949 40.2  3779358 28.9
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  283211 15.2     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3259847 24.9    5262949 40.2  3779358 28.9
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  308247 16.5     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3443166 26.3    5262949 40.2  3811858 29.1
done dogroups in 10.972 secs
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  258292 13.8     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3247919 24.8    5262949 40.2  3811858 29.1
> tables()
     NAME      NROW MB COLS                                                                             KEY
[1,] DT      12,500  5 v,d,col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11,col12,col13,col14,c d  
[2,] DT.wide     50 14 d,1-col1,1-col2,1-col3,1-col4,1-col5,1-col6,1-col7,1-col8,1-col9,1-col10,1-col11 d  
Total: 19MB
> source('/memory-leak.R')
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  260024 13.9     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3279245 25.1    5262949 40.2  3859228 29.5
Finding groups (bysameorder=TRUE) ... done in 0.001secs. bysameorder=TRUE and o__ is length 0
Optimization is on but j left unchanged as 'dt.recast(.SD, "v", all.wide.names, verbose = TRUE)'
Starting dogroups ... dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  260400 14.0     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3297670 25.2    5262949 40.2  3859228 29.5
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  285438 15.3     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 3480986 26.6    5262949 40.2  3859228 29.5
The result of j is a named list. It's very inefficient to create the same names over and over again for each group. When j=list(...), any names are detected, removed and put back after grouping has completed, for efficiency. Using j=transform(), for example, prevents that speedup (consider changing to :=). This message may be upgraded to warning in future.
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831 32.0   350000 18.7
Vcells 4705194 35.9    5606096 42.8  4781165 36.5
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 4888513 37.3    5966400 45.6  5257204 40.2
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 4737694 36.2    6344720 48.5  5257204 40.2
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 4921013 37.6    6741956 51.5  5289704 40.4
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 4770194 36.4    7159053 54.7  5289704 40.4
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 4953513 37.8    7597005   58  5322204 40.7
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 4802694 36.7    7597005   58  5322204 40.7
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 4986013 38.1    7597005   58  5354704 40.9
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 4835194 36.9    7597005   58  5354704 40.9
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 5018513 38.3    7597005   58  5387204 41.2
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 4867694 37.2    7597005   58  5387204 41.2
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 5051013 38.6    7597005   58  5419704 41.4
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 4900194 37.4    7597005   58  5419704 41.4
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 5083513 38.8    7597005   58  5452204 41.6
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 4932694 37.7    7597005   58  5452204 41.6
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 5116013 39.1    7597005   58  5484704 41.9
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 4965194 37.9    7597005   58  5484704 41.9
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 5148513 39.3    7597005   58  5517204 42.1
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831   32   374617 20.1
Vcells 4997694 38.2    7597005   58  5517204 42.1
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 5181013 39.6    8056855 61.5  5549704 42.4
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 5030194 38.4    8056855 61.5  5549704 42.4
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 5213513 39.8    8056855 61.5  5582204 42.6
dt.recast(): keys = v
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 5062694 38.7    8056855 61.5  5582204 42.6
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 5246013 40.1    8056855 61.5  5614704 42.9
dt.recast(): keys = v

 ... <snip> ...

          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  310409 16.6     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 6265194 47.8    9579015 73.1  6784704 51.8
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  335445 18.0     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 6448513 49.2    9579015 73.1  6817204 52.1
done dogroups in 11.53 secs
          used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells  260003 13.9     597831 32.0   374617 20.1
Vcells 4978149 38.0    9579015 73.1  6817204 52.1
> tables()
     NAME      NROW MB COLS                                                                             KEY
[1,] DT      12,500  5 v,d,col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11,col12,col13,col14,c d  
[2,] DT.wide     50 14 d,1-col1,1-col2,1-col3,1-col4,1-col5,1-col6,1-col7,1-col8,1-col9,1-col10,1-col11 d  
Total: 19MB
> 

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