An immutable data frame works like an ordinary data frame, except that when
you subset it, it returns a reference to the original data frame, not a
a copy. This makes subsetting substantially faster and has a big impact
when you are working with large datasets with many groups.
Usage
idata.frame(df)
Value
an immutable data frame
Arguments
df
a data frame
Details
This method is still a little experimental, so please let me know if you
run into any problems.