How to set max ppsize in R?

Question

I am experiencing an error in R that says:

> Error: protect(): protection stack overflow

I have learned through googling that I need to

Answer 1

The stack overflow might be a problem of too deep recursion, you might have a problem with a function calling itself recursively too many times, e.g. missing exit condition. In that case there's no point in increasing stack size, it will run out sooner or later anyway.