[R] iostream (was: is R multi-threaded?)

[Peter Dalgaard]

Annie Bibble <flyfish72 at fastmail.fm> writes:

> In the "Writing extensions for R" document, there is a part that reads:
> 
> "Using C++ iostreams, as in this example, is best avoided.  There is
> no guarantee that the output will appear in the R console..."
> 
> Does R do anything that would potentially cause a stream:: method in a
> dynamically-loaded library to get stuck waiting for a mutex?  Or is
> this just a warning about potential formatting issues?
> 
> (on linux)

Printing in R generally goes through Rprintf or REprintf, these may be
redefined to send output into (e.g.) a GUI widget. Iostreams bypass
this mechanism and print to the originating terminal or into
/dev/null, which is likely not what you want.

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