[R-pkg-devel] R, Rust and CRAN

[Florian Rupprecht]

Hi Matthias,

Thank you very much for your response!

Putting the entire compiler toolchain of Rust into an R package is likely
just too much (it would need to compile the entire LLVM compiler which
would take hours just to build alone).
However, it is a very interesting idea to consider with dependencies.
(Having a separate optional package that contains the source code of all
Rust-dependencies necessary for the package) So thank you for sharing!

I was also made aware of this similar thread:
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-package-devel/2022q3/008291.html

Best,
Florian

On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 8:21 PM matthias-gondan <matthias-gondan using gmx.de>
wrote:

> Hi Florian, I am doing something similar with Swi-Prolog. Feel free to
> contact me if needed. My steps were:Get swipl to compile on Windows,
> MSYS2, then Rtools4.2.Then, an R package rswipl that just includes the
> swipl runtime for those people who don't have swipl installed. Then
> (basically right now, not yet on CRAN), an R package that does the
> interface between R and swipl (either installed on the system or the R
> package.Best wishes Matthias
> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------Von: Florian Rupprecht <
> floruppr using gmail.com> Datum: 11.11.22  12:31  (GMT+01:00) An: List
> r-package-devel <r-package-devel using r-project.org> Betreff: [R-pkg-devel] R,
> Rust and CRAN Hi all,Are there any current recommendations on integrating
> Rust (and Cargo, itsofficial package manager) in an R package complying to
> CRAN's policies?To be clear: This question is not about how to integrate
> Rust in thepackage, it is about how to do it without creating friction with
> the CRANteam and infrastructure. I want to write the Rust-C-R interface and
> buildscripts myself.To me, Rust seems like a very good fit for R interop as
> it has a native CFFI, and has address and UB safety guarantees that top the
> strictest C++compiler warnings. However Rust's standard library is very
> small by design,so Cargo integration would be needed.I know there is:-
> rextendr (https://cran.r-project.org/package=rextendr):I don't think
> there is a package using this on CRAN yet.- cargo-framework (
> https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=cargo)Removed from CRAN.-
> r-rust/gifski (https://cran.r-project.org/package=gifski)Downloads
> precompiled binaries on windows for CRAN (which is, as Iunderstand it,
> strongly discouraged for a number of reasons:
> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2022-September/082027.html).Thank
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