[Rcpp-devel] Sugar

[Romain Francois]

Le 01/11/10 06:13, Dominick Samperi a écrit :
> Comments on Sugar...
>
> Rcpp sugar seems to be an enhancement for C++ more than an interface
> function,
> so wouldn't it make sense to maintain it as a separate C++ class library?

not to me. sugar brings (parts of the) R syntax at the C++ level, it 
seems to me very appropriate where it is and it is not moving any time soon.

> More generally, it would be useful to know what portions of Rcpp can
> function without the R engine running. This can be determined by
> trial and error, but it might be helpful if the boundary was more
> clearly defined.

I'm not interested in carrying out this study myself. Feel free to 
report what you find. I would believe that quite a large portion of the 
code needs R.

> Another possible advantage is clients could link only
> against code that they really need.

Sugar is entirely templates and templates are only instanciated when 
used so the effect on the compilation time, etc ... is probably not that 
big a deal.

> Thanks,
> Dominick


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