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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Tricks to manage the available memory in an R session
+# http://stackoverflow.com/q/1358003/4856091 
+
+# improved list of objects
+.ls.objects <- function(pos=1, pattern, order.by,
+                        decreasing=FALSE, pretty.size=FALSE,
+                        head=FALSE, n=10) {
+    napply <- function(names, fn) {
+        sapply(names, function(x) fn(get(x, pos=pos)))
+    }
+    names <- ls(pos=pos, pattern=pattern)
+    obj.class <- napply(names, function(x) as.character(class(x))[1])
+    obj.mode <- napply(names, mode)
+    obj.type <- ifelse(is.na(obj.class), obj.mode, obj.class)
+    obj.size.bytes <- napply(names, object.size)
+    if (pretty.size) {
+        obj.size <- napply(names, function(x) {
+                               format(object.size(x), units="auto")
+                           })
+    } else {
+        obj.size <- obj.size.bytes
+    }
+    obj.dim <- t(napply(names, function(x) as.numeric(dim(x))[1:2]))
+    vec <- is.na(obj.dim)[, 1] & (obj.type != "function")
+    obj.dim[vec, 1] <- napply(names, length)[vec]
+    out <- data.frame(obj.type, obj.size, obj.dim)
+    names(out) <- c("Type", "Size", "Rows", "Columns")
+    if (! missing(order.by))
+        if (order.by == "Size") {
+            out <- out[order(obj.size.bytes, decreasing=decreasing), ]
+        } else {
+            out <- out[order(out[[order.by]], decreasing=decreasing), ]
+        }
+    if (head)
+        out <- head(out, n)
+    out
+}
+# shorthand
+lsobjs <- function(..., n=10) {
+    .ls.objects(..., order.by="Size", decreasing=TRUE,
+                pretty.size=TRUE, head=TRUE, n=n)
+}
+