[R] mutable objects

[Vadim Ogranovich]

Duncan,

Thank you for your reply. I knew I could modify the args in .Call (and even
in .C though not by default), but I was scared off by "not recommended" in
the manual. Is there a simple rule that tells when it's safe to modify the
args in place, or probably give an example when it is NOT safe?

Thanks, Vadim

-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Temple Lang [mailto:duncan at research.bell-labs.com]
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:26 PM
To: Vadim Ogranovich
Cc: 'r-help at lists.R-project.org'
Subject: Re: [R] mutable objects


Vadim Ogranovich wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need "mutable" objects that I can safely modify in my C code. All call
> interfaces, e.g. .C, .Call, etc., require you to not modify the "in" args.

I took a quick look at the code for .Call() and it appears not to copy
its arguments. As a result, however, you can use this to modify objects in
place and they effects will persist. This is not "recommended" but
does work for many purposes.

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