localAssign {bigGP}

Assign a New Name to an Object on Slave Process

Description

localAssign is an internal auxiliary function used to assign a new name to an object in an environment on a slave process. The function needs to be executed on the slave processes.

Usage

localAssign(nameToAssign, currentName, objPos = ".GlobalEnv")

Arguments

nameToAssign

a variable name, given as a character string, giving the new name for the object.

currentName

a variable name, given as a character string, giving the current name for the object.

objPos

where to do the assignment, given as a character string (unlike assign). This can indicate an environment or a ReferenceClass object.

Details

This function is primarily for internal use, but might be useful for developers extending the package for use cases other than the kriging use case contained in krigeProblem ReferenceClass.

Examples

## Not run: 
bigGP.init(3)
mpi.bcast.cmd(e <- new.env())
mpi.bcast.cmd(a <- 7)
mpi.remote.exec(localAssign, "x", "a", objPos = "e")
mpi.remote.exec(e$x, ret = TRUE)

## End(Not run)