[Rd] .C clarification

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 03/03/2012 13:42, Terry Therneau wrote:
> Does .C duplicate unnecessary arguments?  For instance
>    fit<- .C("xxx", as.integer(n), x, y, z=double(15))
>
> The first and fourth arguments would have NAMED = 0. Is my guess that .C
> won't make yet one more (unnecessary) copy correct?

.C's internals (do_dotcode) does not know about NAMED.  It duplicates 
(unless DUP=FALSE).

Use .Call if you want to control duplication.

> (Just trying to understand).
>
> Terry T
>
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