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                                            Michael Kane

Using macros instead of extensive dispatch functions.

Oh, OK. For some reason, I thought we were talking about something fancier (and harder to read). Sure, this looks fine to me.

big.matrix alters R's RNG seeds

Can you create a file-backed big.matrix with a binary file name and see if you see the same behavior? If I remember correctly, the big.matrix example creates a shared resource....

big.matrix alters R's RNG seeds

I'm not sure. I would have thought they should be the same. Let's leave it open for now.

big.matrix alters R's RNG seeds

Thanks Henrik! I'm not opposed to the extra dependence and will fold into the package.

Winbuilder notes to fix in CRAN submission.

Thanks for the pull request. I'm uploading the new version to CRAN now. I'll close when it's accepted.

Winbuilder notes to fix in CRAN submission.

```multiplyr``` and ```bigpca``` are broken. I'll be able to take a look later in the week.

Winbuilder notes to fix in CRAN submission.

Thanks for the correction, I've updated my original comment. Also, thanks very much for taking a look.

Winbuilder notes to fix in CRAN submission.

Negative, we have never supported character types. Thanks for taking a look. I think I can take a look this weekend.

rbind-like function?

There is currently not an rbind function. Since bigmemory allocates contiguous blocks of memory, this can be very expensive. It is currently up to the user to implement rbind by...

rbind-like function?

Either one is fine with me. I might lean toward putting it into `bigmemory`. Also you are correct that requests for this functionality are not uncommon.