[R] heplot3d / rgl : example causes R GUI to crash

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 10/02/2010 11:07 AM, Michael Friendly wrote:
> Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> > On 10/02/2010 9:33 AM, Michael Friendly wrote:
> >> [Env: Tested under Win Xp, R 2.9.2 and R 2.10.1; sessionInfo() at end]
> >>   
> >
> > This is probably a bug in rgl, and I can reproduce it.  Bugs in 
> > contributed packages are best sent to the maintainer of the package, 
> > because otherwise they might be lost.  In this case I did see it, so 
> > no need for you to do anything more.
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch
> Thanks, Duncan
> FMI, if you (or anyone) has pointers on how to debug such things, I'd 
> like to learn.
>
>   

It's not easy, but the general idea is to do it in gdb, possibly with a 
nicer front end (I use Insight).  I wrote up instructions on doing this 
in Windows a few years ago.  I think they still work; if you try this 
and notice anything in my instructions that is out of date, please let 
me know.

The instructions are on 
http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/murdoch/software/debuggingR/, in the 
page "Using gdb to debug C or Fortran code 
<http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/murdoch/software/debuggingR/gdb.shtml>".

Duncan Murdoch