[R] Abrupt closure of R when using .C function

[peter dalgaard]

On Jun 7, 2012, at 12:52 , Nouedoui Laetitia wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> This is my first message on this discussion list.
> I create a R function which includes a .C function. I didn't get any error neither from "C side", nor from "R side". I tried to put proper type in R.
> 
> But the problem is that I get an abrupt closure of R, with the following message: " R for Windows GUI front-end encountered a problem and needs to close " .
> 
> Does anyone have an idea about where this abrupt closure come from?

Usually, the C code did something disastrous like writing to memory it doesn't own. First step to find out what happened is to run the same code from Rterm, second step is to learn how to use a debugger (which I have so far avoided having to do under Windows, so don't ask me about it). 



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