[Rd] How to set R_CStackLimit

[Prof Brian Ripley]

First, Rinterface.h is not installed on Windows, so you must be using a 
header from within the R sources.  You do so at your own peril!

R_CStackLimit is only described in a Unix-specific section of 'Writing R 
Extensions'.  The description there and Rinterface.h is designed for Unix 
compilers, not for Windows compilers.  Since R_CStackLimit is a variable 
exported from a DLL, many Windows compilers will need it declared as a 
dllimport.  You have not told us your compiler (but 'Rdll.lib' is not part 
of R and not needed for the recommended MinGW).  If (as I guess) it is 
Visual Studio, you need to heed the comments in README.packages about 
this.

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Xiaoning wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I have tried to disable stack checking by set R_CStackLimit to -1. However,
> it always crashes my win32 multiple threads program. I am using R-2.5.0. My
> code looks like:
>
> #include <Rversion.h>
> #if (R_VERSION >= R_Version(2,3,0))
> #define R_INTERFACE_PTRS 1
> #define CSTACK_DEFNS 1
> #include <Rinterface.h>
> #endif
>
> and then, add below line to my main function:
>    R_CStackLimit = (uintptr_t)-1;  //crashes when step to this line.
>
> As for input library in link option, I only link to Rdll.lib. Am I missing
> something?
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> xzhang
>
>

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