[Rcpp-devel] Wrapper generation, keep source untouched

[Gábor Csárdi]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
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> | My question is, is there a way you keep the original sources of the
> wrapped
> | library intact? I would be updating the sources regularly, and I figured
> the
> | best would be not to touch them at all.
>
> Did you see the 'Rcpp-extending.pdf' vignette about intrusive vs
> non-intrusive as<> and wrap?
>

Sure, I have read that. This helps with the conversions, if I want to write
the wrapper myself.

Ideally I would have the wrapper generated by Rcpp attributes. Essentially
what I am asking for is the possibility to avoid adding the //
[[Rcpp::export]] lines (and other attributes configuration) to the original
sources, but having these lines in a separate file (or files?). This file
would be essentially the description of the wrapper to be generated by Rcpp
attributes.

I have to admit that I have only tried the Rcpp examples in the manuals so
far, so please forgive me if what I am asking for is unreasonable, or is
already solved.

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> | According to the docs, compileAttributes does not support this. Do you
> have
>
| anything against implementing this in Rcpp? If not, and you can help me
> coming
> | up with some syntax that you like, I can code it up.
>
> Attributes can surely be extended, but some discussion or prototyping may
> not
> hurt.
>

OK, so I'll open an issue for this in your github issue tracker, and fork
the repo as well.

G.

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