[R] passing lists through .C

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "CL" == Catherine Loader <catherine at research.bell-labs.com> writes:

    CL> I have a list,
    >> rb
    CL> $t [1] "tree"
    CL> $x [1] 0
    CL> $cut [1] 0.8
    CL> $l [1] 0 0

    CL> and pass it through .C("fn",rb) to

    CL> void fn(ev)
    CL> int **ev;
    CL> { double cut;
    CL>  cut = *(double *)ev[2][0];
    CL>  printf("%8.5f\n",cut);
    CL> }

    CL> in S-4, it produces 0.8, as I want.

which is astonishing, and AFAIK not at all to be relied on.

    CL> But R (version 1.3.1, linux) produces a segmentation fault.
    CL> Is it possible to access list elements in R? 
yes, via .Call()

    CL> The manual seems to suggest writing .Call
    CL> interfaces, which I want to avoid.

no way (to avoid this)!
It's also the (only?) way publicized for S4 (based versions of
S-PLUS).

Regards,
Martin
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