[R] .C() memory allocation

[Ross Ihaka]

Dan Davison wrote:

> I would like to retrieve a vector of integers from a call to .C(), but I
> don't know its length in advance. How do I do this without making an ugly
> safe guess?

You should probably look into using .Call instead.  There's a bit of
learning overhead, but the payoff is that it's much more flexible.

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