[Rcpp-devel] Efficient DataFrame access by row & column

[Ken Williams]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dirk Eddelbuettel [mailto:edd at debian.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:38 PM
> To: Ken Williams
> Cc: Dirk Eddelbuettel; rcpp-devel at lists.r-forge.r-project.org
> Subject: RE: [Rcpp-devel] Efficient DataFrame access by row & column
>
>
> Ken,
>
> On 19 February 2013 at 23:24, Ken Williams wrote:
> | For context, the line that's failing is:
> |
> |      if(fabs(df(j,i)-df(j,last_i))>thresh) {
>
> You are relying on an implicit conversion here to make df(.,.) a double. The
> compiler tells you that it is trying sugar operators.  Sugar is good to have in
> Rcpp, but occassionally there is a cost. This may be one of those times.
>
> Try
>
>       double a = df(j,i);
>       double b = df(j,last_i);
>         if (fabs(a - b) > thresh) {
>
> and see if that works.

Unfortunately no, I get a similar error when I try that:

window.cpp:68:24: error: conversion from 'Rcpp::Vector<19>::Proxy {aka Rcpp::internal::generic_proxy<19>}' to 'double' is ambiguous
window.cpp:68:24: note: candidates are:
C:/mybin/R/R-2.15.2/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/vector/string_proxy.h:273:4: note: Rcpp::internal::generic_proxy<RTYPE>::operator int() const [with int RTYPE = 19]
C:/mybin/R/R-2.15.2/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/vector/string_proxy.h:272:4: note: Rcpp::internal::generic_proxy<RTYPE>::operator bool() const [with int RTYPE = 19]
C:/mybin/R/R-2.15.2/library/Rcpp/include/Rcpp/vector/string_proxy.h:267:26: note: Rcpp::internal::generic_proxy<RTYPE>::operator U() const [with U = double, int RTYPE = 19]


>
> Not every conceivable operation is implemented in Rcpp,

Of course. =)

> but we are always
> open to patches to make it more complete.

If I can get myself up to speed with my understanding, I'll be happy to contribute what I can.

 -Ken

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