[R] is.loaded("gamma") is FALSE in Windows

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Merlise Clyde wrote:

> Hi!  I am working on dynamically loading some C code into R and have my
> programs working on a DEC alpha.  I have tried porting it to windows and
> found that the gamma function is not loaded in the symbol table there, but
> is under unix.  While I can add in the gamma function, I would prefer to
> use the same one as in R and have the same code under unix and wondows.
> Is there a way to access the internal gamma function from c in windows?

What function do you think you are getting here?   R's internal gamma
function is not symbol `gamma', and it is not documented to be either.
If you look in `Writing R Extensions' you will find that there is a public
interface to a gamma function ....

If in desperation, read the documentation!

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