[Rcpp-devel] Visual Studio compatible Rcpp

[pooja varshneya]

Thanks Romain and Dirk for the replies !!

Pooja

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:50 AM,  <romain at r-enthusiasts.com> wrote:
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> Le 14 sept. 2010 à 16:26, pooja varshneya <pooja.varshneya at gmail.com> a écrit :
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>> Thanks for the reply Romaine !!
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> How did i get an extra "e" in my name ? :-)
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>> The FAQ entry says that R and Visual
>> Studio don't get along.
>> However, i managed to generate a Visual Studio compatible import
>> library  for R from the instructions given in R source folder
>> README.packages file.
>>
>> Can you please elaborate on the problems you encountered in Visual
>> Studio compilation ? Has anyone tried it before ?
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> I have not. And i dont plan to.
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> I suppose C is easier to deal with than C++. if i cared about that, i would first try to use a simpler C++ library (one or two vanilla c++ classes). Rcpp uses many features of C++ that perhaps confuse the compiler you want to use.
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>> I am using Rcpp_0.8.0 because Rcpp_0.8.0 and RInside_0.2.0 are the
>> only compatible versions running without segmentation fault on
>> windows. When i upgrade to a later version, RInside examples crash
>> with segmentation faults.
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> Ah ok. Nobody offered their help here
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>> I greatly appreciate your help in this regard.
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> I'm afraid i dont have any help to offer in that department. Other people might. Maybe you'll find clues by browsing this list archives.
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> Romain
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>> Thanks,
>> Pooja
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Romain Francois
>> <romain at r-enthusiasts.com> wrote:
>>> Le 13/09/10 23:26, pooja varshneya a écrit :
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>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I need to use Rcpp and RInside packages for a project that is compiled
>>>> using Visual Studio. I have managed to generate Visual Studio
>>>> compatible import library for R.
>>>> But now i am unable to install Rcpp package using 'R CMD INSTALL
>>>> Rcpp_0.8.0.tar.gz'. I receive undefined reference errors as given
>>>> below. Does anyone know the steps for compiling Rcpp and RInside using
>>>> Visual Studio ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> debugging.o:debugging.cpp:(.text+0x1bc): undefined reference to
>>>> `Rf_mkChar'
>>>> debugging.o:debugging.cpp:(.text+0x1d0): undefined reference to
>>>> `SET_STRING_ELT'
>>>> exceptions.o:exceptions.cpp:(.text+0x286): undefined reference to
>>>> `Rf_mkString'
>>>> exceptions.o:exceptions.cpp:(.text+0x295): undefined reference to
>>>> `Rf_install'
>>>> exceptions.o:exceptions.cpp:(.text+0x2a8): undefined reference to
>>>> `Rf_lang3'
>>>> r_cast.o:r_cast.cpp:(.text+0x23): undefined reference to `TYPEOF'
>>>> r_cast.o:r_cast.cpp:(.text+0x3d): undefined reference to `Rf_coerceVector'
>>>> r_cast.o:r_cast.cpp:(.text+0x13f): undefined reference to `TYPEOF'
>>>> r_cast.o:r_cast.cpp:(.text+0x1cc): undefined reference to
>>>> `Rf_coerceVector'
>>>> r_cast.o:r_cast.cpp:(.text+0x25b): undefined reference to `TYPEOF'
>>>> .......
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Pooja
>>>
>>> See item 2.7 of the Rcpp-FAQ vignette:
>>> http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rcpp/vignettes/Rcpp-FAQ.pdf
>>>
>>> Also, we released Rcpp 6 times since version 0.8.0, why would you use an
>>> obsolete version ?
>>>
>>> Romain
>>>
>>>
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