[R] copying R objects in C

[Roger D. Peng]

The source for `duplicate' and its usage in the R source seems to 
imply that it copies objects in general.

I've never used it though, so my $0.02 has been devalued.

-roger

Csardi Gabor wrote:
> answer to myself:
> 
> the 'duplicate' function does this, am I right?
> It seems so....
> 
> Gabor
> 
> On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 02:18:19AM +0200, Csardi Gabor wrote:
> 
>>Dear R Users,
>>
>>do you know a way to copy an R object using C code? I know that
>>there is a copyMatrix and also a copyVector function. There is
>>also something called copyListMatrix, what is this good for? Is
>>there anything for copying a list (of course deep copy is
>>needed)? 
>>
>>Thank you for your help,
>>Gabor
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