[Rcpp-devel] macros RCPP_FUNCTION_...,

Dirk Eddelbuettel edd at debian.org
Wed Jun 19 02:58:12 CEST 2013


On 19 June 2013 at 09:33, Darren Cook wrote:
| > This is an opportunity for a quick diet. Just before the summer.
| 
| Looking good in a bikini is always important. :-)
| 
| That no-one uses it in any CRAN package is also compelling. (I just
| searched on StackOverflow and no mention there either.)
| 
| Dirk wrote:
| >> APIs are contracts we have with users.  I would prefer to see strong
| >> reasons for change, rather than a style preference.
| 
| Romain wrote:
| > If we keep it we surely need to document it as part of this contract
| 
| I think this is the most compelling reason. It seems almost undocumented.

For Pete's sake if that rule held half of Rcpp would be gone tomorrow.

Dirk

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