[R] Encodebuf? yet another memory question

[Tim Howard]

Hi all,
   I was surprised to see this memory error:

Error in scan(Cn.minex13, nlines = 2, quiet = TRUE) : 
        Could not allocate memory for Encodebuf
> memory.size(max=TRUE)
[1] 256843776
> memory.size(FALSE)
[1] 180144528
> memory.limit()
[1] 2147483648


I don't have any objects named 'Encodebuf' and help and the R site
search turn up no matches for this word.  

As memory.size and memory.limit indicate, I'm way below my limit (but,
I grant that maybe windows won't give R any more memory...).   In my
next run, I'll ask to scan fewer lines, but I thought it worth asking
the group if this 'Encodebuf' error meant anything different than the
standard "can't allocate xxxxx bytes" message. (btw, if you are confused
that scanning only 2 lines would max out my memory... I'm scanning two
long lines from 36 different connections so it does add up).

> version
         _              
platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch     i386           
os       mingw32        
system   i386, mingw32  
status                  
major    2              
minor    0.1            
year     2004           
month    11             
day      15             
language R  

Thanks.

Tim Howard