[R] allocating memory in C, not in R

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, S. Blay wrote:

> I need to retrieve several vectors of various types from a call 
> to .C(), but I don't know their length in advance. 
> Is there a way to do this without allocating an excessive amount 
> of memory? 
> If so, an example would be very helpful.

It would be very much easier to use .Call rather than .C.

Alternatively, generate and allocate in C on one C call and retrieve on a
second, as rpart does.

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