[Rcpp-devel] sourceCpp issue: code vs. file

[Hadley Wickham]

> | So maybe sourceCpp could provide a warning if the extension is not in that list?
>
> Hmpd. I am not exactly sure why you advocate supporting .c or .f, .f90, .f95,
> .m and .mm none of which are likely to work _in any way_ with the parsing
> done and scaffolding added by sourceCpp.  When you read 'sourceCpp', mentally
> stress the last three letters.
>
> This is for R and C++.  And the file extension is .cpp (with a bit of luck
> you may get .cc).
>
> The rest is user error.  You can't try and catch everything.

You can't catch everything, but can you try ;)  Given that people are
used to writing C++ with a variety of extensions, it seems like a
simple check here would be useful, especially given the otherwise
opaque nature of the error.

Since

Hadley

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