[Rd] handling a matrix and .C

[Rory.WINSTON at rbs.com]

> Last I looked at the source code of e1071 and of the core itself and recognized (I hope I understood this), that you (and the "e1071" people) use "as.double()" and give ".C" an array and one have to "parse" the matrix again in the C function.

I think this is the simplest way to handle matrices at this level - after all a matrix is really an homogenous array of data with indexing information ?

I have an example of handling matrices (using .Call) in an old post:

http://www.theresearchkitchen.com/blog/archives/113

Cheesr
Rory


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