doFuture 1.0.0 is on CRAN since March 2023. It introduces a new foreach operator %dofuture%, which makes it even easier to use foreach() to parallelize via the future ecosystem. This new operator is designed to be an alternative to the existing %dopar% operator for foreach() - an alternative that works in similar ways but better. If you already use foreach() together with futures, or plan on doing so, I recommend using %dofuture% instead of %dopar%.

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Henrik Bengtsson

MSc CS | PhD Math Stat | Associate Professor | R Foundation | R Consortium

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