Change default to eager reading

Fixes #1266
tidyverse · Oct 12, 2021 · 5ac729a · 5ac729a
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diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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 # readr (development version)
 
+* All readr functions again read eagerly by default. Unfortunately many users
+  experienced frustration from the drawbacks of lazy reading, in particular
+  locking files on Windows, so it was decided to disable lazy reading default.
+  However `options(readr.read_lazy = TRUE)` can be used to set the default to by lazy if desired.
 * New `readr.read_lazy` global option to control if readr reads files lazily or not (#1266)
 
 # readr 2.0.2

diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ should_show_types <- function() {
 #' - `options(readr.read_lazy = FALSE)`
 #' @export
 should_read_lazy <- function() {
-  identical(getOption("readr.read_lazy", TRUE), TRUE)
+  identical(getOption("readr.read_lazy", FALSE), TRUE)
 }
 
 deparse2 <- function(expr, ..., sep = "\n") {