[Rd] Question about CHARSXP and garbage collection

[luke-tierney at uiowa.edu]

They are garbage collected so you do need to protect them in C code.

Best,

luke

On Sat, 13 Feb 2016, Holger Hoefling wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I had a technical question about CHARSXP and garbage collection and
> couldn't find the answer in the R manual.
>
> The question is this. Are CHARSXP garbage collected like any other object,
> despite being part of the CHARSXP cache? i.e. is the cache being cleaned by
> garbage collection regularly and therefore, when I am in C code, do I need
> to protect a CHARSXP?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Holger
>
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